Perry promises to call back legislators if job's undone

HoustonChronicle.com - Perry promises to call back legislators if job's undone: "With Gov. Rick Perry threatening to call lawmakers back again, House and Senate members entered the final stretch of a special session today appearing to move closer to a deal on part of a school funding plan.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Senate, said House and Senate negotiators had reached an agreement on a bill that would give teachers a pay raise and put more money into bilingual education and transportation.

'It's a real good bill,' Dewhurst said.

It would give teachers a pay raise of about $2,000 in 2006 and $2,500 in 2007, Dewhurst said. He said the agreement could get a Senate vote late Tuesday or Wednesday — the last day of the special legislative session."