Read our full joint report with Texas AFT about the underfunding of Texas schools here. Texas AFT and Every Texan released a report highlighting “The Lost Decade” in Texas, a
This column was originally featured in the Dallas Morning News. When school budgets get tight, property-wealthy districts are often quick to blame the primary equity tool of the school finance
The Texas House of Representatives recently released its interim committee charges for the 87th Legislature. During the interim, the period between regular sessions, legislative committees are assigned certain policy topics
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently released “Skipping School,” the second in its three-part series looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texans aged 16 to 24.
View a PDF version of these comments here. Samantha DeshommesChief, Regulatory Coordinator Division Office of Policy and Strategy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security Re: Comment in Response to the
Every Texan opposes SB 1, because it puts tax cuts before kids by accelerating the costly elimination of the Tier I M&O property tax rate that was put in place
Senate Bill 1 would use up to $4 billion of state revenue in fiscal year 2023 to replace school property taxes for the 2022-23 school year. Under the school finance
According to the Trevor Project, “at least one LGBTQ youth between the ages of 13-24 attempts suicide every 45 seconds in the U.S.” In 2019 I attended the funeral of
Every Texan opposes SB 91, which accelerates the elimination of the Tier I M&O and harms the state’s ability to fully support public education when our schools are facing more
The Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC) and Every Texan oppose SB 3, HB 28, and similar bills that censor classroom curriculum and conversations on important topics, including race, racism, sexism,
