Senate passes schools plan in record time
Senate passes schools plan in record time: "In record time, as it quickly waived rule after rule Thursday, the Texas Senate approved an education reform package that differs greatly from the plan approved Tuesday by the House.
In just over three hours, the 418-page House Bill 2 was received, referred, amended, debated and approved 27-4.
The measure, a near copy of the plan passed by the Senate during the regular legislative session, would lower property taxes, raise teacher salaries and earmark more money for bilingual education.
It does not address the politically difficult questions of how to pay for education reform or which taxes to raise to offset the property tax cuts. Those questions are addressed in another bill that still is working its way through the House."
In just over three hours, the 418-page House Bill 2 was received, referred, amended, debated and approved 27-4.
The measure, a near copy of the plan passed by the Senate during the regular legislative session, would lower property taxes, raise teacher salaries and earmark more money for bilingual education.
It does not address the politically difficult questions of how to pay for education reform or which taxes to raise to offset the property tax cuts. Those questions are addressed in another bill that still is working its way through the House."
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