Texas
Education board seeks to end 'diversion' of textbook funds
November 19, 2014 Updated: November 19, 2014 7:12pmAUSTIN - The State Board of Education wants lawmakers to dole out more than $800 million in additional public education funding, money it says would help fulfill the state's constitutional duty to provide students with free textbooks.
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