Every two years, legislators must write a new state budget that best serves the people of Texas while also limiting the burden it places on them. In order to write such a budget, the Legislature has to maximize available tax dollars by balancing actual needs and available revenue. Remember, for every dollar the Legislature allocates to one area of the budget, it loses the ability to spend it in another.
K-12 Education
Bring Home the Mississippi Miracle: A Texas Triumph in Early Literacy
Bring Home the Mississippi Miracle: A Texas Triumph in Early Literacy Texas lacks a coherent third-grade literacy standard and statewide implementation system. Restoring a mastery-based promotion gate and aligning coaching, screening, and funding can reverse stagnating reading outcomes. Key points: Texas removed its third-grade promotion requirement, weakening the connection between reading mastery and grade advancement....
June 9, 2026