Texas lawmakers have been calling this legislative session the session of public education. And now they’re backing up that talk with money. This week budget documents were filed showing just how much lawmakers want to put into public education.

AUSTIN — In the opening days of the 2019 legislative session, the state’s three most powerful men sat shoulder to to shoulder, promoting unity and promising this year they’d win where others have failed for decades.

AUSTIN — In the opening days of the 2019 legislative session, the state’s three most powerful men sat shoulder to to shoulder, promoting unity and promising this year they’d win where others have failed for decades.

In English folklore, Robin Hood is the hero; stealing from the rich, giving to the poor. But in Texas, we use his name to describe one way we fund education.  And some folks think Robin Hood is a villain.  “We cannot live with this.  Not one more year. Not one more day,” Plano ISD Board Member…

AUSTIN, Texas — The good news Texas lawmakers will head back to work with on Tuesday is there’s more money to spend. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar offered his estimate Monday, giving lawmakers nearly $9 billion more for the next budget.