SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA), a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...

Texas lawmakers are considering a significant financial commitment to increase teacher salaries as part of Senate Bill 26, ...

Among a litany of education-related bills filed this year, elected officials in the state have made raising teacher pay a ...

A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill ...

The Texas Senate has proposed a bill that would allocate 80% of new teacher pay funds towards across-the-board raises and 20% ...

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A Texas Senate bill filed Tuesday would provide long-term pay raises to teachers based on years of experience, expand a state program that offers raises to instructors based on student ...

Sen. Brandon Creighton filed a bill Tuesday aimed at increasing pay for Texas teachers. More experienced teachers could get a ...

Last school year, the average teacher in Texas made thousands of dollars less than teachers in other states. A nearly $5 ...

A Texas Senate bill filed on Tuesday would provide long-term pay raises to teachers based on years of experience, expand a state program that offers raises to instructors based on ...

Texas lawmakers on Thursday are expected to debate an across-the-board raise for the state’s experienced educators.