school funding

Manor ISD staff will begin getting time off for mental health during the 2024-2025 school year. The district is looking for creative ways to increase benefits for staff while facing a budget deficit.

Many Texas families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist. Texas Public Radio's education reporter, Camille Phillips, explains the problem and why it's been difficult to solve.

At a time when many Texas school districts are already struggling to balance their budgets, districts learned last month that they have millions more dollars to make up.

According to a TPR analysis of state data, even with recapture, today’s school funding system still isn’t fair. And, because the funding system is also really complicated, the ways it’s unfair aren’t very well understood.

An unusually high number of school bonds have failed in Texas recently. District leaders say new state laws have made it tougher for them to convince voters bonds are a good idea.

Trustees for the North East Independent School District approved a 3% raise for all employees Thursday evening. That’s about $1,600 more for a teacher…

Employees of the San Antonio Independent School District will see a bit more in their paycheck next school year.Trustees approved raises for all employees…

The Judson Independent School District has adopted a new staffing model to help cut its budget. Trustees approved a plan Tuesday evening that reduces the…

Four years ago, Gates Elementary on San Antonio’s east side was on the state’s list of failing schools. Only 15 percent of its students were reading at…

After failing to pass legislation to reform public school funding in 2017, state leaders have pledged to make it a top priority this legislative…