Governor Abbott Touts Historic $8.5 Billion Public Education Funding On KCEN

Governor Greg Abbott · June 7, 2025

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Signing announcement: largest teacher pay raise

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Governor Greg Abbott said he signed a law that he called "the largest teacher pay raise in the history of Texas," and said teachers "will see it in their paychecks when they start the next school year."

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Governor Greg Abbott said he signed House Bill 2, an $8.5 billion education package 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 be rolled out to districts in the coming months.

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