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 >>
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 >>
