Texas House, Senate struggle to find agreement on funding of schools

AUSTIN — With less than a week to go, the always-volatile issue of school funding could make for a rough conclusion to the 2011 legislative session.
After House efforts to pass a school finance plan were short-circuited Monday night, House and Senate leaders began searching Tuesday for common ground on how to distribute $2 billion a year in funding cuts — $4 billion over the next two years — among the state’s 1,030 school districts.

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