The House's higher education committee closed registration to testify on Senate Bill 37 less than half an hour after the ...

A Baptist pastor and a controversial Baylor professor are among 26 people to serve on advisory boards of his Religious ...

State senators unveiled their version of House Bill 2 on May 15. The amended bill, which differs substantially from what ...

The Texas House originally passed House Bill 2, a multibillion-dollar school funding package, in April. But the version of ...

Legislation from the Texas House to scrap onerous STAAR testing is promising, but lawmakers continue to ignore core ways to improve public education.

The Austin Police Department has arrested two minors - a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy - in connection with the death of 20-year-old Anthony Salas.

Second Reading Podcast: Public Opinion and the Big Unresolved Issues Pending in the Texas Legislature The Texas Politics Project produces courses for students enrolled at UT Austin and for the public ...

With just over two weeks left in the legislative session, Texas senators have introduced their version of the sweeping public ...

State lawmakers are in a race with the clock to pass an education funding plan before the regular session ends on June 2.

The proposal would heavily invest in teacher pay and special education. It includes a modest $55 increase to schools' base ...

The Texas House passed a bill to replace the high-stress STAAR test with three smaller tests spaced throughout the year. It could have trouble in the Senate as the end of session draws near.

The $7.8 billion school funding bill proposed by the Texas Senate and agreed to by the governor and House speaker is the ...