Across the Lawn – October 13, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Recap of the 88th Texas Legislative Session
A Session Out of Balance: What Happened with Key Education Issues and Where We Go From Here? The 88th Texas Legislative Session tells a story of great potential, reliable roadmaps, and disastrous detours, concluding...
Across the Lawn – May 26, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Raise Your Hand Texas Calls on 88th Legislature to Increase Funding for Texas Public Schools
With less than one week left in the 88th Legislative Session, our elected officials must act now to provide Texas public schools the funding needed to attract and retain our teacher workforce, keep up...
Across the Lawn – April 28, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Across The Lawn – April 14, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Raise Your Hand Texas’ Bob Popinski Testifies on House Bill 100
Raise Your Hand Texas provides the following public testimony in response to the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Education Hearing on April 4, 2023, regarding House Bill 100. Raise Your Hand Texas...
A Strong Texas Recovery Takes All Three
What is the most crucial leg of a stool? The one that is missing. A strong Texas recovery starts with the recovery of our public schools. Right now, Texas has only secured two funding...
Statement on the Texas Legislature’s Passage of House Bill 3
Raise Your Hand Texas applauds the work of the 86th Texas Legislature in passing a comprehensive school finance bill without the threat of a court order. The $11.6 billion plan includes funding for full-day...
Policy Paper: Test-Based Funding
Keep School Funding Separate From High-Stakes Tests School finance policy that provides funding to K-12 students based on their performance on a high-stakes test has no basis in research. Funding any part of our...
