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"...the Magazine Format Program Segment category; and Special Session's "School Finance," nominated in the public affairs/interview/discussions program category. Awards..."

"...connection with D.A. Ronnie Earle's probe into alleged campaign finance law violations by the Texans for a Republican Majority..."

"...Briefly addressing the Legislature's failure to pass a school finance bill in the regular session and two special..."

"...deliberations continued at the city, the county, and the school district. The AISD board adopted a $761-million budget Monday,..."

"...last week, just in time to allow the real schoolchildren to get their bearings on the fall semester. It's..."

"...Neeley, to overhaul the state's financial accountability system for school districts. That includes the controversial rule that would require..."

"...courts nor the Lege will come up with a school finance plan that increases AISD's revenue. For the last..."

"...Judge John Dietz declared the current system of public school finance unconstitutional, he didn't say a thing about “reforming”..."

"...end their second special session Friday without passing a school finance plan that would have provided tax breaks for..."

"...the Travis Co. Commissioners Court, the governor's office, area school districts, and a whole stream of other public officials..."

"...ignominious conclusion, having failed once again to enact a school finance reform plan. Finger-pointing was in heavy rotation; it..."

"...Two weeks before the first day of school in the Austin Independent School District, the halls of..."

"...to salvage what's left of another failed session on school finance, the Senate on Tuesday passed a new version..."

"...• The future of school finance legislation is questionable, but Gov. Rick Perry has..."

"...Anyone who thinks school board meetings are boring should switch off Fear Factor..."

"...pack it in until the Supreme Court rules on school finance, and Lite Gov. David Dewhurst and the Senate..."

"...remained district property, which cost about $180,000. (How many school districts do you know buy a house for their..."

"...remained district property, which cost about $180,000. (How many school districts do you know buy a house for their..."

"...to keep legislators in Austin until they pass a school finance bill, but he's softened his approach toward achieving..."

"...products kids could sell to raise money for their schools. There was candy and cookie dough and pizzas galore,..."

"...Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, has proposed a new version of school finance (SB 8) that's conservative enough to pass the..."

"...torture chamber today (Thursday) to try to salvage a school finance plan, along with the governor's political reputation...."

"...had to work its way through the Texas Legislature. School finance should be the only thing the latest special..."

"...wake of the 79-62 defeat of HB 2, the school bill paired with it. Keffer described HB 3, rejected..."

"...special session, but died as lawmakers butted heads over school finance and property taxes. "This is the fourth time..."

"...had to work its way through the Texas Legislature. School finance should be the only thing the latest special..."

"...to go. Such is the perpetual state of a school finance plan, which was literally half-baked when the session..."

"...Quote of the Week"With 25 cents worth of local school property tax reduction and with oil at $50 [a..."

"...in promised pension benefits from more than 450,000 public school employees," according to the Texas Federation of Teachers. TFT..."

"...The Texas Legislature has passed the Safe Routes to School Act. Unfortunately, this amounts to just about nothing. This..."