School finance reform legislation filed: SB 1536 and HB 1525, as well as HB 3445 dealing with school district fund balances. Analysis available.

House Bill 1525 to be heard on the House floor today. HB 1525 could improve funding for Career and Technology programs, as well as make numerous changes to HB3 reforms from last session. Contact us with any questions. You can view the debate here: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…

House passed HB 1525 (school finance cleanup bill) yesterday. Tune-in today as the House debates the state budget bills: SB1 and HB2 (supplemental). tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…

Legislative Session ended - find out what changes will impact your school district! Watch our video recap and log-in to our member portal to use the Funding Formula Wizard (updated to reflect new legislation)! JOIN TODAY! equitycenter.org

Register for the 21st Annual Equity Center School Finance and Legislative Workshop January 30, 2022 eventbrite.com/e/21st-annual-…

The Texas Commission on Virtual Education has posted its first hearing for February 23 at 10 AM. You can view the posting and link to watch the hearing here: texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/pubomqu…

Texas funds students. If a student isn't present, Texas law says the state doesn't write a check for that student's education. More attendance, more money. Less attendance, less money. That's current law. On your next Austin trip, give me a shout. You'll learn things #TxLege

You cannot have true local control unless you have the necessary resources from the state. Each of you should have full state funding to keep every campus safe, whether it is hardening facilities, providing an SRO for every campus, or whatever local needs exist in your district.

TEA Proposed Rule on School Safety: tea.texas.gov/sites/default/… Potential $2.1 billion implication to school finance in Texas.

Q: What do you mean 230+ districts are slated to lose over $1.4B in funding for 670,000+ of their students over the next two years?! WHY?? A: CAD/Comptroller disputes. Here's an illustrated guide that shows what that means. #TxEd #TxLege #FillTheCup #FinanceFriday

🚨 URGENT Call-to-Action for #TxEd 🚨 If you live in one of these Texas communities (or love someone who does), please call/email your House Representative *immediately* and ask them to support an amendment removing section (n-1)AA from HB-2. google.com/maps/d/edit?mi… #TxLege

The Equity Center and Moak Casey School Finance and Legislative Workshop will be held on January 28th from 11:30 AM until 3 PM, with a networking happy hour until 5PM. You can register for the conference here: eventbrite.com/e/equity-cente…

Join us this Sunday for the Equity Center and Moak Casey School Finance and Legislative Workshop to discuss public education funding and the Texas Legislature. We look forward to seeing you there. eventbrite.com/e/equity-cente…

Addressing school finance and the need to provide students and schools with additional resources, House Bill 2 is an excellent start. Educator pay raise, Basic Allotment increase, substantial increase in special education funding, funding for small schools...

Tune in tomorrow when Texas House of Representatives votes on important school finance bills. HB2

House convenes at 10am. ESA bill SB2 up first followed by HB2- school finance bill. Here’s the link to watch it play out live once the official business of the day begins! house.texas.gov/videos/21734

Chairman Buckley moves to delay Senate Bill 2 (ESAs) until after House Bill 2 (school finance).

Kids across Texas are hard at work taking the STAAR reading/writing… meanwhile the Texas House will vote today to decide how much funding our Texas public schools will receive. It’s past-time for an increase to the basic allotment.

HB2 up now- Texas House of Representatives Chairman Buckley says basic allotment increases to $6555

House passes HB 2 with 144 votes in support.