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Daily Dispatch 5/15/25: Public School Finance Bill Emerges With Major GOP Cuts, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The long-languishing HB 2, the promised "historic" public school finance proposal purported to offset concerns about the impact to public schools by private school vouchers, will be heard at the Capitol today after massive cuts by Senate Republicans - the increase to the basic allotment goes from about $500 to a paltry $55: https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/texas-school-funding-teacher-raise-20327616.php...Watch for a fiery debate over the gutting of HB 2, just as hundreds of bills are crowding towards the finish line…
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