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"...•Samsung Incentives: Last year, the state of Texas, area school districts, Travis County, and the city of Austin all..."

"...Legislature will produce much more real progress on public school finance than the previous regular plus two specials managed..."

"...Monday, the first day of a special session on school finance...."

"...Monday with returning legislators meeting to consider the public school finance reform proposal proposed by Gov. Perry and developed..."

"...will consider in its second called special session on public-school finance, beginning Monday, April 17. Here's the basic structure:Property..."

"...26 and April 1, according to the latest campaign finance filings. HD 50 Republican hopefuls raised fewer dollars than..."

"...decisive vote on whether to close two AISD elementary schools came down to a profoundly indecisive 4-4 tie at..."

"...The job of a school board trustee is a little like being a secret..."

"...lobby Texas officials on behalf of gambling interests and in-school television network Channel One. If that's true, Reed failed..."

"...announced that the long-awaited next special legislative session on public-school finance will begin April 17. Emphasizing the property-tax reform..."

"...was a detailed account of the station's very real finances – those of a public institution licensed to a..."

"...consciences in the upcoming special legislative session on public school finance. But I wouldn't bet on it.)..."

"...improved four points to 57%. The performance of individual schools varied: some, like Blackshear, showed improvement of up to..."

"...attend activities throughout campus, including at the UT Law School...."

"...• Appointing new principals to a trio of new schools may seem like routine AISD business. But the appointment..."

"...taxes in Texas is doomed to failure. The current school-funding situation is impossible. Legislators have yet to find a..."

"...with tort reform, redistricting, and persistent efforts to pass school voucher legislation and expand gaming interests in Texas) had..."

"...GOP's most influential investors in the state Legislature – school-voucher proponent James Leininger and homebuilder Bob Perry. Shortly after..."

"...this week by a proposal to repurpose three AISD schools in the next two years. Although Superintendent Pat Forgione..."

"...and big gas" to pay for teacher salaries and school resources, separating funding for athletic and academic programs, and..."

"...the reasons. As we've said, Howard has been a school board member and a critical-care nurse, and has made..."

"...important, too much a potential watershed, especially for public schools, to risk sacrificing any vote for the long-shot chances..."

"...Expanding the state business tax and closing loopholes to finance education...."

"...Becker's 70 years of elementary school history may come to an end this year. For..."

"...the reasons. As we've said, Howard has been a school board member and a critical-care nurse, and has made..."

"...teachers and parents attended a forum at Porter Middle School to discuss AISD's plans to "repurpose" the underenrolled South..."

"...at zero, if you prefer), as Fort Worth middle school administrator Felix Alvarado was dropped from the primary ballot..."

"...borne out of frustration with the Legislature's failures on school finance, has reported raising nearly $56,000 from a cross-section..."

"...referring to Howard's unsuccessful re-election run for the Eanes school board in the late Nineties. Her loss followed the..."

"...of value-added ingredients: There is widely held frustration over school finance, dissension in the GOP ranks, the toll road..."