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6/13/2025
ATPE breaks down the compensation increases outlined in HB 2, the 89th Legislature’s primary school funding bill. Plus, The Texas Tribune looks ahead to the impact of major education bills on Texas public education.
6/12/2025
You keep hearing about teacher pay raises on social media and in the news, but you have questions and a healthy dose of skepticism. Learn what we know and what we don’t (yet).
6/06/2025
The 89th Legislature in the books. The major testing reform bill, HB 4, died, but bills on student discipline, library materials, and parental rights are on the governor’s desk.
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