News
Articles - March 14 - 20, 2005
Sunday,
March 20, 2005
Abilene Reporter News - (March
20, 2005)
Is
the Texas House serious about taxes?
Houston Chronicle - (March 20, 2005)
Austin
effort to improve schools disappoints again
What do lawmakers hope paltry funding will achieve?
San Antonio Express
News - (March 20, 2005)
Editorial:
No Child Left Behind criticism is on target
Friday,
March 18, 2005
Austin American Statesman
Panel
sets budget at $139 billion
Plan would boost spending for education, some services
Corpus Christi Caller
Times
House
committee approves slew of tax bills
Waco Tribune-Herald
Editorial:
A raise for teachers
Thursday,
March 17, 2005 News 8 Austin
Senate
lays out aggressive schedule
Paris News
Web
site tracks school finance developments
Related News
D Magazine
D:
A Government of Pygmies
Austin Chronicle
Lawmakers Pitch Income Tax, School Finance Reform Plan
Austin Chronicle
Public
Ed Bill Escapes the House – Barely
First battle in Lege's schools package is contentious, narrow,
and roughly partisan
Conroe Courier
Our View: School finance tax plan poses potential for huge future
burdens unless Legislature learns to set limits
El Paso Times
Senate changes plan for funding schools
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Not good enough
Abilene Reporter News
Lawmaker wants lower appraisal caps
Dallas Morning News
Majority of 5th-graders pass TAKS
While most conquer reading test, hundreds will have to try again
Wednesday,
March 16, 2005
Amarillo Globe News
Think tank: Proposed bill taxes poor more
Austin American Statesman
Finance bill would send challenges to top court
Language added late to House Bill 3, intended only to hasten
legal challenges author says
Dallas Morning News
Geralyn Kever: Counting on Shapiro
The House failed districts like McKinney, but the Senate can
get it right
Valley Morning Star
Reworking
school finance won’t put us in a BMW
Abilene Reporter News
Most TAKS scores higher in 2005
Austin American Statesman
Griffing: Texas House passes backdoor income tax
Dallas Morning News
Perot pushes technology for schools
Tuesday,
March 15, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Area teachers at Capitol to oppose reform bills
Dallas Morning News
Tax changes get tentative OK
Business plan includes levy on insurers, furthers school finance
Waco Tribune-Herald
Young: Grusendorf's laboratory
Dallas Morning News
Bill could open door to casinos, slots
Conservative groups vow to fight efforts to expand gambling
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Parents protest early start date
Monday,
March 14, 2005 Austin American Statesman
Waiting for the dramatic changes in school finance bill
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