/tags/school-budget-cuts School Budget Cuts en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:03:00 GMT /education/2025-01-27/round-rock-independent-school-district-budget-surplus-deficit As many Texas school districts struggle with budget deficits, Round Rock ISD could end the fiscal year with a surplus of about $8.2 million after selling a piece of unused land. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:03:00 GMT /education/2025-01-27/round-rock-independent-school-district-budget-surplus-deficit Kailey Hunt /education/2013-10-21/ut-college-of-communication-receives-50-million-donation-new-name The College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin will soon have a new name � the Moody College of Communication.The Moody Foundation is� Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:24:22 GMT /education/2013-10-21/ut-college-of-communication-receives-50-million-donation-new-name Jody Serrano /education/2012-10-29/texas-a-m-aims-to-measure-student-success-and-cost-effiency Today Texas A&M officials announced EmpowerU, a program aimed at monitoring the system’s efficiency at graduating its students.Essentially, EmpowerU is� Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:40:26 GMT /education/2012-10-29/texas-a-m-aims-to-measure-student-success-and-cost-effiency Brandon Mulder /education/2012-08-24/analyst-school-choice-grant-program-could-save-texas-billions The Texas Senate Committee on Education today talked about possible funding options to promote school choice.Lawmakers want to know if having more school� Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:42:30 GMT /education/2012-08-24/analyst-school-choice-grant-program-could-save-texas-billions Laura Rice /austin/2012-04-17/am-update-school-finance-heads-to-court-surge-of-undocumented-children-lbjs-battleship Schools Finance Lawsuits Get Court DateA tentative trial date is set for four Texas school finance lawsuits. State District Judge John Dietz has set the� Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:50:57 GMT /austin/2012-04-17/am-update-school-finance-heads-to-court-surge-of-undocumented-children-lbjs-battleship Divya Darsi, Laura Rice /education/2011-11-03/report-32-000-school-jobs-eliminated-by-state-budget-cuts Texas public school districts have an estimated 32,000 fewer employees than they may have had if the state hadn’t cut more than $5 billion in public� Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:35:01 GMT /education/2011-11-03/report-32-000-school-jobs-eliminated-by-state-budget-cuts Crystal Chavez, KUT News /politics/2011-06-17/group-calls-education-bill-an-attack-on-teachers The Texas House has given final approval to a big education bill. Supporters say Senate Bill 8 would give school districts more flexibility, as the state� Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:37:24 GMT /politics/2011-06-17/group-calls-education-bill-an-attack-on-teachers Crystal Chavez, KUT News /politics/2011-05-12/what-if-texas-doesnt-pass-a-school-finance-bill Nobody wanted to think about it in January. But as the middle of May approaches, with little more than two weeks left of the 82nd legislative session, a� Thu, 12 May 2011 16:08:27 GMT /politics/2011-05-12/what-if-texas-doesnt-pass-a-school-finance-bill Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune /education/2011-04-11/austin-school-trustees-to-discuss-advertising-on-school-buses The nine elected men and women who govern the Austin school district will meet for a work session tonight aimed at tackling some of the options on the� Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:40:49 GMT /education/2011-04-11/austin-school-trustees-to-discuss-advertising-on-school-buses Nathan Bernier /politics/2011-04-05/school-finance-pops-up-in-house-committee So what does cutting the state's public education budget by about $7.8 billion dollars look like?Based on a bill by Rep. Scott Hochberg (D-Houston), it� Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:28:17 GMT /politics/2011-04-05/school-finance-pops-up-in-house-committee Ben Philpott