With no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises

Fifth graders at Jacob’s Well Elementary School in Wimberley line up at the door as they prepare to walk back to their classroom from the science lab on Sept. 4, 2020. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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Texas lawmakers ended this year’s regular legislative session without giving public schools any money for employee raises — so school districts are finding ways to give their workers modest raises, even if it means digging into their savings accounts.