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DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: "With a new special session under way, Texas lawmakers plan to plunge into the school funding debate this week to move legislation along and perhaps get out of town soon.
That's their intent, anyway.
As past sessions have proved, reaching an agreement in the Legislature on the complex and sweeping question of how to pay for Texas' public schools isn't easy. The $33 billion system educates 4.3 million children.
Both the House and Senate are meeting today, when the Senate may take up the education spending portion of a school finance package. The two chambers in large part are working from the education and tax proposals they crafted in the previous 30-day special session, which ended in failure Wednesday night.
Republican Gov. Rick Perry ordered the next session to begin Thursday.
School finance is one of the most important items the Legislature tackles, said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican who presides over the Senate. He said 'whether it takes four weeks or six weeks, the objective is to get it right, and that's what we're dedicated to doing.'"
That's their intent, anyway.
As past sessions have proved, reaching an agreement in the Legislature on the complex and sweeping question of how to pay for Texas' public schools isn't easy. The $33 billion system educates 4.3 million children.
Both the House and Senate are meeting today, when the Senate may take up the education spending portion of a school finance package. The two chambers in large part are working from the education and tax proposals they crafted in the previous 30-day special session, which ended in failure Wednesday night.
Republican Gov. Rick Perry ordered the next session to begin Thursday.
School finance is one of the most important items the Legislature tackles, said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican who presides over the Senate. He said 'whether it takes four weeks or six weeks, the objective is to get it right, and that's what we're dedicated to doing.'"
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