K-12 Issues to Watch in Texas Lawmakers' Special Session

Education Week: School funding, teacher pay, school choice, and the rights of transgender education all are on the agenda in the 30-day special legislative session now underway in Texas.

Educators, along with advocates of all stripes, have all bombarded the state capital since the session began July 18. The legislature, which meets every other year, left many items on the table at the end of this year's regular session, prompting Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to call the special session, which is estimated to last an entire month.

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