House approves education overhaul

MySA.com: "Teachers would get a raise, would teach using digital technology instead of textbooks and all classes would start the day after Labor Day under legislation approved late Tuesday in the Texas House.

The classroom overhaul legislation, which also lowers school property taxes, is the first part of a package of school funding legislation that brought lawmakers back to the Capitol this summer for a 30-day special session.

School districts in Texas will get a minimum of 3 percent more money in 2006 than they would under current law."