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Brownsville ISD adapts to Texas special education funding shift

Posted 1:00 PM 9/3/2026 by Lucy Lopez

Rio Grande Valley school districts are working to meet the first state reporting deadline under a new special education funding model now in effect in Texas.

Districts that miss the deadline risk losing funding. The new model looks at what services each student needs individually, rather (More)

Comptroller requests doubling Texas school voucher program to $2 billion

9/1/2026

Several states rejected this private school chain as a charter. Now it’s eligible for Texas’ taxpayer-funded vouchers.

Posted 2:27 PM 9/2/2026 by Lexi Churchill Co-published with The Texas Tribune

This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their (More)