The 2024-25 Texas Budget: The Big Picture
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to
Update on Spending Caps & Available Funds Earlier this year, Texas budget watchers marveled at the unusually large $32.7 billion carryover balance available to the
Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have
The budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, the Legislature is tasked with making important decisions on allocating
Every Texan Director of Policy & Advocacy, Chandra Kring Villanueva, testifies on Senate Bill 2 on the first day of the 3rd Special Session of
For more than 20 years, state revenue has been drained by a program of school property tax abatements known as “Chapter 313,” named after its
As the allies, educators, and parents of Texas’ 5.5 million public school students, we urge the Texas Legislature to prioritize our children’s public education. Texans
Instead of focusing on increasing the basic allotment for schools, the primary per-student funding amount, the Legislature set its sights on defunding public education with
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2023 Texas AFT and Every Texan commented Wednesday on the $16 billion fiscal note for CSHB100 and its private school
View this letter as a pdf here. Dear Chair Bonnen, Chair Huffman, and Members: Every Texan’s mission is to strengthen public policy to expand opportunity