Following months of pressure from at least 5,225 Progress Texas members, the Texas School Land Board voted 2-1 today to release $300 million to Texas public schools. Today’s vote is a huge victory for Texas students, and for progressive activists in Texas!Read More >>
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson told the Texas House Appropriations Committee yesterday that he will commit for the School Land Board to have a vote on moving $150 million to Texas public schools - following pressure put on by over 4,100 members of Progress Texas and intense questions from Texas lawmakers.Read More >>
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is hoarding $300 million from Texas schools that voters already approved in the 2011 November constitutional amendment election. He responded to our action with a derisive letter full of lies. We have drafted a memo setting the record straight.Read More >>
Texas Republican Jerry Patterson has aspirations for higher office and is playing political games with Texas children. As Chairman of the 3-person School Land Board, he's decided to keep $300 million in an account his office controls, ignoring the will of Texas voters who approved a Constitutional Amendment last November to send that money to our kids' classrooms.Read More >>
There are a couple things we aren't very good at doing. We don't brag or take victory laps as often as we probably should. We don't update you on the victories we experience every day in the office and around the state. In fact, we too often focus on stopping the horrible things conservatives are planning and forget to focus on how you all are making a difference.Read More >>
