At 1:00 PM Wednesday, the Texas Public Policy Foundation will participate in a press conference hosted by State Senator Dan Patrick and State Representative Ken Paxton to announce their plan to limit the growth of appropriations in Texas’ budget to the rate of the State’s population increase plus monetary inflation. To watch the press conference live, click here.
K-12 Education
TEA Commissioner: Public School Enrollment Continues to Struggle
On Monday, the House Committee on Public Education held a public hearing to discuss the “State of Education” in Texas, with a particular emphasis on assessing academic outcomes, enrollment trends, and school budgets. Among the many revelations to come to light was that public school enrollment continues to struggle. According to Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath’s invited testimony, public school enrollment decreased in the...
May 12, 2026