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Texas and the Feds Square Off Over $33M in Special Education Funds

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune October 3, 2018November 16, 2018

The two sides debated whether Texas’ decreased spending on children with disabilities years ago violated federal law.

In New Plan, Texas Education Agency Vows Special Education Overhaul with Limited Dollars

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune March 22, 2018January 31, 2020

The SAISD school bus parking lot is part of the area that GrayStreet Partners is redeveloping across Broadway from the Pearl.

Texas Attorney General Says It’s Illegal for Schools to Bus Kids to Polling Places

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune January 18, 2018January 31, 2020

Feds Say Texas Illegally Failed to Educate Students with Disabilities

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune January 11, 2018

In Historic Win, Charters Getting State Funding for Facilities for First Time

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune October 5, 2017

Texas House, Senate Move Toward School Finance Compromise

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune August 15, 2017

When School’s Out, Rural Texas Towns Struggle to Feed Their Hungry Kids

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune August 5, 2017August 6, 2017

Texas Senate Panel Approves Teacher Bonuses, Retirement Benefits

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune July 22, 2017July 22, 2017

The three leaders of Texas make nice at a short Cash Management Committee meeting in the Betty King Room of the Texas Capitol on July 18, 2017, the first day of the special session.

Abbott Adds School Finance, Retired Teacher Benefits to Special Session

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune July 20, 2017

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus leaves the stage after speaking at the Texas Association of School Boards' annual summer leadership institute in San Antonio on June 14, 2017.

Straus Needles Texas Senate on Public Education Funding, ‘Bathroom Bill’

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2017June 15, 2017