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In an April 7 interview with The Texas Tribune, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar repeated a statement he had already made to legislators regarding the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ATPE has joined with 17 other education organizations in a call for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools across the state during the coronavirus pandemic.

Check out the latest education news from the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Like the elections themselves, political party conventions across the country are struggling to make adjustments under the COVID-19 pandemic.

We all know that April 1 is April Fool's Day, but did you know that every 10 years it is also Census Day?

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is asking Congress to fund "microgrants" to provide money for online learning during the coronavirus outbreak.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference today addressing the state's response to the new coronavirus pandemic.

As you press on into "pandemic-mode" learning, check out the latest education news from the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Election politics is pretty much in a holding pattern across most of Texas as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Known as the CARES Act, the wide-ranging package is the largest stimulus package, in terms of absolute dollars, in US history.