‘Don’t cut and keep going’: Bernal seeks to preserve education funding in 2021 legislative session
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Educators and school leaders have expressed concern that state lawmakers will cut public education funding again to make ends meet, as they did in 2011 when they slashed $5 billion from the state school budget. Many also are worried that the school finance reform law passed in 2019, House Bill 3, will take a hit. The law increased per-student funding for public schools and provided money for teacher pay raises, free full-day pre-K for eligible students, and early learning initiatives for economically disadvantaged students and English language learners.
As vice chairman of the House Committee on Public Education, state Rep. Diego Bernal (D-San Antonio) will be a key player in education legislation during the session. The San Antonio Report talked to him about the key issues facing the Legislature
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