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Why Texas’s education tax credit program is being used to funnel billions in taxpayer money to companies in the private sector

Posted on October 14, 2021 by admin

The Texas Education Agency’s budget proposal is being billed as a way to pay for a $300 million expansion of the state’s education finance program.The new tax credit for education would fund a number of new initiatives and help fund the construction of a new high school and an extension of the existing Texas Tech […]

Texas education agency says it doesn’t believe in teaching evolution

Posted on September 22, 2021 by admin

The Texas Education Agency said Wednesday that it doesn of teaching evolution and that its goal is to educate the public.“I’m not a believer in teaching creationism,” said Julie Hickey, the agency’s director of communications.“But I do believe that we need to make it clear that the agency is not an agency that supports or […]