Texas Senate will debate how to spend an additional $8 billion on school finance

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16 will hold a hearing Thursday morning to discuss the future of public school financing, nearly a month after the House passed a bill to give public schools an almost $8 billion in additional funding.
The bill being discussed on Thursday is a different version from the bill the Texas House passed on April 17, which is not a surprise. State Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, the chair of the education committee, told Nexstar earlier th