Major education bills await Perry's signature
Source: mysanantonio.co Posted By: Johnnie R...4226 days ago
From the trivial to the titanic, legislators tackled a host of public education bills this session.
They restored cuts made to Texas public school funding in 2011, reduced high-stakes testing, overhauled high school graduation requirements and allowed for more charter schools.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston, said he's been told the session accomplished more education reform than any in decades. “I don't know if that's accurate, but it certainly feels that way,†he....