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On February 10, 2020, President Donald Trump released his budget proposal, which is a statement of his administration's spending priorities across all sectors of government.

Candidates aren't the only thing Texas voters will find on their ballots on February 18 when early voting starts for the 2020 Texas Republican and Democratic primary elections.

Check out what happened this week in education news from Texas and the nation's capital, courtesy of the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Early voting in the Texas primary elections begins in less than two weeks.

President Donald Trump is expected to voice his support for a federal voucher bill filed by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in tonight's State of the Union (SOTU) address.

Here's this week's education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.

The SBOE Committee on School Initiatives met Thursday morning in Austin, where their agenda included a look at applications by charter schools to open new schools or expand to new campuses.

This week in Washington, DC, the U.S. House passed H.R. 943, referred to as the "Never Again Education Act" to provide grants and resources for Holocaust education programs.

The big election news this week involved three special runoff elections, most notably the race for House District (HD) 28 in Fort Bend County.

Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath addressed the State Board of Education (SBOE) Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2019, as part of the board's week-long January meeting.