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Texas Education Agency To Lay Off 178 Employees

The Texas Education Agency is laying off 178 employees this week as part of budget cuts ordered by the state Legislature.

2011/07/13

State House OKs Lower Pay & Furloughs For Teachers

School districts will be able to pay public school teachers less and furlough them without pay beginning in 2012 under a bill passed by the House on Thursday.

2011/06/16

A teacher joins a protest against possible cuts in education funding. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

State Teachers Group Backs Bill To Use Rainy Day Fund

Many Texas teachers are getting behind a legislative bill that could spare cuts in education funding.

2011/06/15

Students read books in an elementary school. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Poll: Education Most Important Issue Facing Texas

According to poll results released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Texas Lyceum group. more than one-fifth of Texans say education is the most important issue facing the state.

2011/06/14

Texas State Senator Wendy Davis. (Photo credit wendydavisforsenate.com)

Filibuster Propels Wendy Davis Into Spotlight

Texas Democrats never had much hope in this Legislature, where Republicans have a huge majority and an unshakeable drive to slash spending without raising taxes or dipping into the state’s giant savings account.

2011/06/06

New DISD Budget Plan Saving Teaching Jobs

The Dallas Independent School District has a new assessment of its projected funding cuts from the state after the legislature announced a $4 Billion reduction in money to schools statewide.

2011/05/26

A woman takes a photo of the Texas Senate chamber during the 82nd Legislative session. (credit: Ben Sklar/Getty Images)

State Lawmakers Wrap Up Budget Agreement, Weekend Vote Expected

The last pieces of the next two-year state budget is finally coming together, but funding it will still take some work. The budget conference committee should have the full budget deal approved by Thursday, setting up a weekend vote.

2011/05/23

A student in the Blooming Grove H.S. education cuts music video. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Local Students Make Music Video Addressing Education Funding Crisis

A group of students in a Navarro County town are sending a message to lawmakers in Austin, through music. They want the legislature to balance the state budget without cutting programs and teachers.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/04/13

A teacher assists a student in her third-grade class. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

More FWISD Cuts Could Follow School Board Meeting

The budget-cutting axe may fall Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Hundreds of Fort Worth Independent School District teachers could lose their jobs following an evening school board meeting.

KRLD–2011/04/12

Fort Worth ISD Mulls Over Cuts To 3 Programs

Fort Worth ISD is once again holding a special meeting to discuss potential budget cuts in the district as it faces a two-year deficit in the $80 Million range.

2011/03/22

Students interact with their teacher during class. (credit: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)

Education Protestors Happy State Is Set To Tap Rainy Day Fund

There’s been a compromise in Austin that may ease the financial strain for North Texas schools. It came as North Texas parents and students made the latest appeal, to use emergency funds, directly to the governor.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/03/15

Dallas Teachers At Austin Educaton Cuts Protest

Thousands of teachers are protesting at the state Capitol against proposed cuts to public education and that group includes a caravan of DISD teachers, administrators and community leaders.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/03/14