A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill ...

The Texas Senate has proposed a bill that would allocate 80% of new teacher pay funds towards across-the-board raises and 20% ...

The Texas Senate recently passed its version of a school choice program with Senate Bill 2. The proposed legislation calls ...

SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA) a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers ...

Among a litany of education-related bills filed this year, elected officials in the state have made raising teacher pay a ...

The bill would also expand an existing program that offers raises to teachers based on how their students perform.

The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.

Texas lawmakers are considering a significant financial commitment to increase teacher salaries as part of Senate Bill 26, ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...

The bill would also expand an existing program that offers raises to teachers based on how their students perform.

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