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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Jaden Edison

$8.5 billion school funding package passes Texas Senate

After out loud reading time, Dana Altamirano discusses the book they just read as a group with her fourth grade students at West Avenue Elementary in Waco on April 5, 2024.
After out loud reading time, Dana Altamirano discusses the book her fourth grade students just read as a group at West Avenue Elementary in Waco on April 5, 2024. (Credit: Greta Díaz González Vázquez/The Texas Tribune)

Texas public schools are one step closer to receiving new state money after the Senate on Friday unanimously approved an $8.5 billion funding package, a deal born out of lengthy negotiations with the House.

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