Schools & Border Big In Texas House Budget
The Texas House on Tuesday is expected to approve a budget that would drastically increase border security spending and put an extra $800 million into public schools.
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The Texas House on Tuesday is expected to approve a budget that would drastically increase border security spending and put an extra $800 million into public schools.
A Senate subcommittee has pushed back for a week debate on scraping a law that grants in-state public university tuition to the children of some people in the United States illegally.
A violent arrest involving campus police at Rice University in Houston prompted a bill that would force private universities' police departments to release more information to the public.
The Principal of W.T. White High School has a little bounce in her step as she happily informed students about a large slate of improvements that will now take place on campus.
An investigation into a potential shooting threat at a Collin County school has parents worried about the safety of their children.
Prom season and the big "promposal" invites are starting again. But one Keller student says she was denied her moment because she was planning to ask another girl.
A teacher from Evans Middle School in McKinney, who has been accused of having sex with a student, was no-billed by a Collin County grand jury on Thursday.
Some parents in the Dallas ISD are celebrating after the board approved a plan that will provide nearly $130 million to be used for upgrades and renovations to campuses.
Dallas ISD trustees are set to make a big decision Thursday night thatcould impact thousands of DISD students and teachers.
Police have extra patrols at Azle High School on Thursday after a random comment from a teenage student was taken out of context and then spread around online.
A Texas Senate education panel is considering a sweeping but divisive voucher plan that would let families get state funding to send their children to private and religious schools.
Some parents in Dallas' Lake Highlands are sounding the alarm. Twice in the last week, young girls say men, who appeared to be up to no good, approached them.
Dallas Police are now leading a criminal probe into accusations that a substitute gym teacher may have touched some fifth graders inappropriately.
A year ago, Kymber'Lynn Jackson was angry, annoying — her words — and savoring bad choices. "I used to like getting in trouble," the North Dallas High sophomore said with an incredulous laugh. "I used to like getting in trouble!"
The Texas House is launching an ambitious attempt to fix the troubled way the state pays for public schools without waiting for the conclusion of a bitter, ongoing court battle.