The Texas Tribune: Plan to Lower Texas High School Standards Could Anger Voters

Lawmakers are trying to replace billions cut from the public education budget in 2011. They haven’t reinstated all of the $5.4 billion that got whacked, but they have replaced most of it. And lawmakers will probably be back next year for a special session on school finance that might well replace the remainder. </P>A matter that might have been concerning for a politician heading into postsession town hall meetings has been defused. </P>Candidates who survived the campaign

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