The Texas Senate on Monday gave final approval to a $308 billion spending plan for the next two years, sending budget leaders into high-stakes negotiations with their counterparts in the House over property taxes and other divisive issues — with just weeks to go before the legislative session ends.
, D-Dallas, another member of the finance committee that spent weeks vetting the proposal, tried to slice out the anti-DEI language in the 965-page budget bill but failed on a 19-12 vote along partisan lines.
The two versions are in agreement on several issues, including funding more mental health services, supporting border enforcement programs, addressing prison conditions and investing billions of new money in public schools and pay raises. Senators on Monday approved $5 billion in additional money for schools that would pay for teacher pay raises and other educational programs, including costs associated with offering parents private school subsidies.
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Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseThere is $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.
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Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseSome $5 billion and multiple political wedges stand between the House and Senate plans, and time is ticking down on the session. Texas txlege TexasRepublicans TexasSchools PropertyTaxes
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Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseThere is $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.
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‘Bipartisanship at its finest’: Texas Senate passes budget with property tax relief, teacher raisesThe proposal earmarks $16.5 billion for property tax relief. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said the money can be used to raise the homestead exemption, from $40,000 to $70,000.
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