STATE NEWS

"Disappointed" House accepts Senate's changes to school finance bill

The Texas House voted Tuesday to swallow a bitter pill and accept a version of a school finance bill that had $1.5 billion less in funding for schools than the lower chamber initially approved.

By ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune
Posted 8/15/17

After three hours of private negotiations and almost two hours of public debate Tuesday, the Texas House decided to agree with the Senate's decision to strip funding and reforms from a school finance …

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