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News Articles - October 11 - 17, 2004

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Brownsville Herald
Educators should acknowledge need for local districts to make own decisions

Plain Dealer
Educators, lawmakers struggle to find formula that passes test

Friday, October 15, 2004

Dallas Morning News
Hutchison: 'Robin Hood' must go
She joins other Republicans in call for school-finance change

Austin American Statesman
A Bush strength: education initiatives

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Corpus Christi Caller Times
Plight of Aransas ISD shows need to replace 'Robin Hood'
Like many other 'rich' districts, it finds itself backed into a corner

Villager
Congress should find way to lower rising state property taxes

Dallas Morning News
District pursuing waiver to start early next year

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Coverage of No Child Left Behind mostly neutral, study finds

Austin Chronicle
Naked City

Dallas Morning News
Illegal pay in W-H
Auditors: Schools chief must return $16,000 in post-contract salary

East Texas Review
TFT cries back door move weakens class size limits

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Dallas Morning News
New list shows potential cuts
Elementary Spanish, band, orchestra, home exemption are cited

Tyler Morning Telegraph
Legislation may ease school funding woes

Brownsville Herald
TEA letter allows superintendents to request class size waivers

Dallas Morning News
Superintendent's raises robust in decade on job
But salary still in line with similar districts

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Tyler Morning Telegraph
Pine Tree ISD calls 44.9M Bond Election

Dallas Morning News
W-H to lay off 20% of staff
Process will start next week; 30 teachers could be lost in district

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Impoverished school district reportedly violated state law

Monday, October 11, 2004

Bryan College Station Eagle
BISD bond election may add more schools

Beaumont Enterprise
Is income tax public education's Band-Aid?

Corpus Christi Caller Times
Robin Hood change looming
Consensus before January unlikely, some say

Times Record News
Superintendent, senator focus on school financing

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