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Abbott signs $8.5 billion education package, calls it largest teacher pay raise in Texas history
Summary
Governor Greg Abbott said he signed House Bill 2, an $8.5 billion package that he described as the largest teacher pay raise in Texas history; the law shifts special-education funding to an intensity-based model, creates reading and math academies and will begin rolling out to districts in coming months.
Governor Greg Abbott said he signed House Bill 2, an $8,500,000,000 education package and called it “the largest teacher pay raise in the history of Texas,” adding that teachers "will see it in their paychecks when they start the next school year."
The law, Abbott and the reporting announce, is aimed at two problems state officials say drive teacher turnover: low pay and classroom discipline. In an interview cited by a 6 News reporter, the package is described as addressing both issues while also restructuring special-education funding.
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