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The Legislative Budget Board has released the House Version of the Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates for the 2012-2013 Biennium.  The Highlights of the Recommendations section on page 2 states, "The total funding level for the FSP is estimated to be $9.8 billion below the amount required to fund the school finance formulas under the Texas Education Code...General Revenue Funds for public education programs outside the FSP is reduced by $1.8 billion, or 67.1 percent compared to the 2010-11 biennium.  Several large funding items, such as District Awards for Teacher Excellence educator incentive pay grants, the Student Success Initiative, the Technology Allotment and Pre-kindergarten Early Start grants are among those not funded in the 2012-13 biennium."

More information concerning budget reductions for public education begin on page 105 of the document. 

To access the entire House Version of the Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates for the 2012-2013 Biennium click on the link below.

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates House Version (4.59 MB)