The Texas Senate has granted initial approval to an $8.5 billion public education funding and teacher pay package — an agreement that was reached earlier in the week by leaders from both the upper and lower chambers of the Legislature.
Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) presented the committee substitute to House Bill (HB) 2 before the Senate on Thursday evening, describing the legislation as the “most transformative education plan that Texas has ever seen.”
