STATE / EDUCATION

Texas releases $11 billion of $18 billion in federal stimulus money for public schools

The newly released funds come after educators and state Democrats urged the governor to unlock the pandemic relief money as schools plan their budgets for the next school year

By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
Posted 4/29/21

Texas’s top state leaders announced Wednesday they are releasing $11.2 billion out of nearly $18 billion available in federal pandemic relief funding that has been dedicated for the …

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