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House Public Education tackles school finance/educator pay testimony this week and schedules vouchers for next Tuesday.

ATPE-supported HB 120 would expand CTE (one of the governor’s emergency items), and HB 20 would establish an Applied Sciences Pathway Program. 

Catch up on ATPE’s testimony, both written and in person, on bills related to the Ten Commandments, parental access to library materials, virtual education, and more.

Senate unanimously passes SB 26, its vision for teacher pay, on to House while both chambers’ education committees heat up. Plus, fact-check the fact-checkers on vouchers in the latest ATPE Podcast.

HB 2 proposes sweeping changes to funding and Texas Education Code statutes.

TRS board also heard reports on the impact of federal repeal of the GPO/WEP, the oldest TRS annuitant, and the upcoming TRS office relocation.

SB 12 incorporates several pieces of legislation heard Thursday by the committee, which did not take any votes.

Nearly 2,000 educators sent messages to senators to express concerns about the bill.

Committee members press TEA Commissioner Mike Morath on teacher pay, uncertified teachers, and school finance.

“In a public school, we take them all, and we teach them all,” ATPE State Vice President Jerrica Holt told the crowd.