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Teacher quality in Texas inequitable, study says
Disproportionate number of poorly certified educators in poor schools
GARY SCHARRER
Houston Chronicle
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
AUSTIN — Texas is headed for big problems if state lawmakers don't fix serious inequities in teacher quality and experience between rich and poor schools, a noted education researcher warned Monday.
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Property Tax Relief: The $7 Billion Reality
TTARA Research Foundation
Friday, August 01, 2008
. . . perhaps for the first time in history, total property taxes in 2007 fell from the previous year. Yet many Texas property owners have not seen the dramatic reductions in their tax bills they had expected. While the tax cut may not be readily apparent to many, the simple fact is that property tax relief is real, and Texans’ property tax bills are indeed $7 billion less today than they would have been.
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TEA PRESS RELEASE - More districts and campuses earn exemplary rating
Texas Education Agency
Friday, August 01, 2008
AUSTIN – A growing number of Texas school districts and campuses earned the state’s two highest ratings, Exemplary and Recognized, in 2008. TEA released the ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. for schools and campuses.
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Audio Files Available of School Finance Summit
Texas Education Agency
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Texas Education Agency has made available the audio portion of the School Finance Summit held at TEA on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Issues outlined in document FINANCE HOT TOPICS . Organizations and individuals invited: PARTICIPANT LIST. The audio portion It is broken down into 4 segments. LINK BELOW.
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Judge rips bilingual program
Gary Scharrer
SA Express-News
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
AUSTIN — A federal judge's ruling that Texas is not living up to its obligation to properly educate students who struggle with the English language gives hope to many of those children with dismal academic achievement, a civil rights lawyer said Monday.
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School Funding Summit Faces Public Education Financial Crises Left by Last Legislature
Major fix not expected next session but will be imperative by 2011
Harvey Kronberg
The Quorum Report
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Negotiations began in earnest Tuesday to forge a legislative strategy to get Texas school districts through the next session without declaring a financial emergency, a distinct possibility in the current climate of rising costs and unintended consequences created by some of the new quirks in the school finance system.
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Texas likely to appeal bilingual education ruling
TERRENCE STUTZ and KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH
Dallas Morning News
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
AUSTIN — Texas will probably appeal a court ruling mandating a new language program for an estimated 140,000 junior high and high school students who don't have command of the English language, state officials said Monday.
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Small group of legislators came up with public schools fund plan
Enrique Rangel
A-J AUSTIN BUREAU
Monday, July 28, 2008
AUSTIN - The state panel coming to Lubbock has heard plenty of suggestions on improving property tax collections for public schools. But one - discussed from time to time over the years - doesn't come from the average Joe. Rather, it's the brainchild of a small but vocal group of lawmakers, three of whom sit on the 13-member House Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform, the group coming to Lubbock.
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Texas schools wonder how to address court's ruling on bilingual education
MICHAEL E. YOUNG
Dallas Morning News
Sunday, July 27, 2008
A federal judge's ruling that Texas has failed its students with limited English skills is suddenly the most eagerly awaited document in educational circles.
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State's business tax is coming up short by $1 billion
Legislator says revenues to be less than forecast
PEGGY FIKAC
Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
AUSTIN — The Senate Finance Committee chairman said Monday he expects Texas' new business tax to fall about $1 billion short of projected revenues this year, but he said higher-than-expected collections from other taxes mean the state budget will be fine.
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