"Disappointed" House accepts Senate's changes to school finance bill

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from House Speaker Joe Straus. After three hours of private negotiations and almost two hours of public debate Tuesday, the Texas House decided to agree with the Senate’s decision to strip funding and reforms from a school finance bill. The House voted 94-46 to accept the Senate’s changes to House Bill 21, which would put some immediate funding into public schools. The Senate voted out a bill last night that stripped $1.5 billion of new funding and all reforms to the outdated formulas for allocating that money. It also tasked a […]

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