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Texas Can Spend More On Education, Dewhurst Says
NEW BRAUNFELS (AP) — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Friday that spending on public education can be maintained and even increased in the next two-year budget and the Senate, over which he presides, won’t...
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State Budget May Fund Education, But How?
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The State of Texas is facing a major budget shortfall projected to be between $15-27 Billion. The state says it’s financially strapped. So where did the state senate finance...
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State Senator Holds Forum Concerning School Funding Shortfall
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Gabriela Ortiz never worried about the state’s education funding, until her own daughters headed to school. “The No. 1 thing is: class size,” she said. Now she’s speaking out...
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McKinney ISD May Have To Cut Alterative School
McKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – The McKinney Independent School District isn’t immune to the state’s budget deficit crisis. $15 million will have to slashed from McKinney’s expected $170 million budget. 130...
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Former Comptroller Strayhorn Predicted Budget Woes
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Long before the public outcry over proposed cuts to public schools, there was one state leader who correctly predicted the current budget storm, former state comptroller Carole...
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Plano Teacher Feels Like “Dead Man Walking”
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Patti Weinbrenner has suffered her share of setbacks. In 2005, Weinbrenner lost her Richardson home to a massive fire. This week, she suffered yet another setback. “It’s like a...
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Texas House Approves Bare-Bones Budget
AUSTIN (AP/CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas House has approved a bare-bones state budget that makes massive cuts to public education and health care programs for the poor. After more than 21 hours of debate...
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North Texas ISDs Respond To Education Cuts In House Budget
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas House passed its version of the budget Sunday, slashing myriad public services in a showing that cut $23 billion from current spending levels. As expected, the $164.5...
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Catholic Bishops Protest State Budget Cuts At Capitol
AUSTIN (AP) – Catholic bishops from across the state gathered at the Capitol to promote their legislative priorities and urge lawmakers to put human needs first. Bishops on Wednesday said that even...
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FWISD Announces About 80 Employee Layoffs
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Fort Worth Independent School District has determined who will lose their jobs in an effort to balance the district’s budget. At a meeting that lasted late into Tuesday...
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State Senate Panel Gives Schools Budget Flexibility
AUSTIN (AP) – Educators who have begged state lawmakers for more freedom to deal with lower funding got a small victory Thursday when a state Senate committee voted to let school districts cut salaries...
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New DISD Budget Overview Eliminates All Teacher Layoffs
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas School Board has yet to move toward official teacher layoffs. And now comes a new budget overview that eliminates all layoffs for teachers. While the district still...
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Plano ISD Approves Building Purchase For Planned Academy
PLANO (CBS 11 NEWS) – For some, a former AT&T call center at 1701 Alma Road in Plano would make a great place for a long-awaited academy housing 600 Plano ISD students. “As far as I’m concerned,...
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State Senate Committee Approves 2-Year Budget
AUSTIN (AP) – A Senate Committee has approved the next two-year state budget, using $3 billion from the Rainy Day Fund as to help make it balance. The 11-4 vote sends the 2012-2013 budget to the full...
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DISD Eliminates 450 Jobs
DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Today the Dallas school district notified 200 central staff employees their positions have been eliminated, effective immediately. A total of 450 positions were eliminated. That...
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Mesquite Says They’re Being Hit Especially Hard In Cuts
MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas is proof all schools are not created equal. All over the area, budget cuts are impacting school districts in various ways. But in Mesquite, educators there say they...
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Falling Property Values Mean Less Money For Schools
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Falling property values are the newest challenge to area school districts as they try to set leaner budgets. It’s especially troubling for some Tarrant County schools. The...
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Budget Cuts Force Frisco ISD To Start Classes Earlier
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – The projected steep state budget cuts will force Frisco elementary and middle school students to start classes earlier next fall. Parents were told during a Monday evening school...
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Texas Lawmakers Stumped On Education Spending
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas House and Senate negotiators have reached a compromise on almost all parts of the next two-year state budget, leaving the biggest chunk of spending — education — left to be solved....
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School Finance Bill Collapses In Texas House
AUSTIN (AP) – A school finance bill needed to balance the proposed state budget has collapsed in the Texas House. The measure was supposed to relieve the state of about $2 billion in obligations to...
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State Lawmakers Struggle Over School Financing
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas lawmakers met behind closed doors Wednesday to hammer out a new school financing law as time was running out for the 2011 legislative session. House and Senate members were trying...
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New DISD Budget Plan Saving Teaching Jobs
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Independent School District has a new assessment of its projected funding cuts from the state after the legislature announced a $4 Billion reduction in money to schools...
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Late Night Filibuster Kills School Finance Bill
AUSTIN (AP) – The failure of a critical school finance bill puts Texas lawmakers in the likely position of having to work overtime. Democrats used a filibuster — the last weapon in their arsenal — to...
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State’s School Finance Plan Set For Public Hearing
Thousands gathered at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on March 12, 2011 to protest budget cuts to public schools. (credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT/KTXA) AUSTIN (AP) – Democrats are hoping to get a little...
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Texas Lawmakers Consider Public School Changes
AUSTIN (AP) – School districts could increase elementary school class sizes and move quicker to dismiss teachers to help ease budget strains under bills being considered Friday by Texas state...
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Senate Bill Could Allow Districts To Furlough Teachers
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – School districts in Texas struggling to balance their budgets could soon have some new options. The state senate has passed a bill that allows schools to decrease teacher pay and...
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State House Debates School Funding Measure
AUSTIN (AP) – The Texas House is debating legislation that will cut $4 billion from Texas public schools to deal with a multibillion dollar revenue shortfall. A Democratic filibuster killed the school...
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Texas House Passes School Funding Measure
AUSTIN (AP) – The Texas House approved slashing $4 billion from the state’s public schools early Friday and establishing a new finance formula that will change how school funds are distributed. Because...
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North Texas School Districts Cutting Bus Service
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – State lawmakers in Austin remain deadlocked on education funding, but school districts are running out of time, and must make decisions on spending – chopping budgets just to...
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Keller ISD Ready To Park Buses & Cut Teachers
KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) – The school buses that are now sitting parked in Keller for the summer will most likely stay that way in the fall. Keller Independent School District board president Kevin...
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DISD Trustees To Vote On Final Budget Proposal
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Independent School District will lose $63 million of state funding starting in the next schoolyear. And on Thursday evening, school board trustees sat down to finalize...
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Keller ISD’s Pay-To-Ride Bus Program Begins
KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) – Monday is the first day back to school for most students across North Texas, and the first day that many school districts are having to deal with less money. Budget cuts have led...
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Classes Resume At Most Texas Public Schools
>> COMPLETE ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’ COVERAGE << AUSTIN (AP) – Summer vacation is over for millions of children in Texas. Classes resume Monday at public schools as districts deal with tighter...
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Allen ISD Asking For Tax Increase
ALLEN (CBS 11 NEWS) – First came the layoffs caused by the school funding problems. Now some school districts are hitting homeowners with tax increases to offset the cost of public education. Allen...
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Shrinking Texas School Payrolls Add To Jobless
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – The $4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools this summer might be starting to hit Gov. Rick Perry where it hurts most — his record on creating jobs. Texas lost 900 jobs in local...
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Dallas Schools Facing $25 Million Budget Deficit Next Year
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas School District is getting a dismal look at its financial future, and parents and teachers aren’t happy. The district is reporting an estimated $25 million deficit for...
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DISD Board To Vote On Closing 11 Campuses
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas school board is scheduled to vote Thursday night on closing 11 campuses, but there have been some emotional protests against shutting down those schools, including...
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Lawsuit Says Texas School System Is Unconstitutional
AUSTIN (AP) – Attorneys have filed a fifth lawsuit against Texas, this one charging that the state is not spending its education funds efficiently enough. The plaintiffs are a small group of parents...
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Texas Education Funding Returning To Spotlight
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Debate over public funding for public schools will escalate this month. School districts are now tackling their budgets for next year. Their spending plans will likely face the ax...
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DISD Faces Another Budget Shortfall
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s not as bad as last year, but the Dallas Independent School District faces more multi-million dollar budget cuts. Last year, the district grappled with a shortfall that was,...
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