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Second school finance lawsuit filed - Statesman.com
Second school finance lawsuit filed
By Kate Alexander
The second of four lawsuits that are expected to challenge Texas’ school finance system was filed Friday morning.
A coalition of mostly property-wealthy school districts, including…
Hutto, Dripping Springs districts left in lurch by property tax votes - Austin American-Statesman
Districts grapple with state budget cuts, but next year expected to be worse
By Kate Alexander and Melissa B. Taboada
Two Central Texas school districts were reeling this week after voters roundly rejected their requests to raise…
Lawmakers in a Bind Find Cover in Courts - NYTimes.com
Ross Ramsey, the executive editor of The Texas Tribune, writes a column for The Tribune.
Judges have been telling legislators what to do since we set up government to replace knife fights and bar brawls. It’s a logical…
Report: 32,000 School Jobs Eliminated By State Budget Cuts - KUT News
By Crystal Chavez, KUT News
Texas public school districts have an estimated 32,000 fewer employees than they may have had if the state hadn’t cut more than $5 billion in public education spending during the legislative session. That…
School Lawsuits Multiply - The Austin Chronicle
Three groups of Texas school districts are suing the state over the public school finance system
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
In June, when the Legislature passed the latest round of school finance reforms, there was one question pending…
