Fighting for Our Students and Teachers
May 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — Texas is set to receive $15.8 billion in new coronavirus relief aid, with billions more headed to its cities and counties as the Biden administration on Monday rolled out the latest round of stimulus funding meant to help them bounce back from the pandemic’s economic punch, which led local governments in the U.S. to cut over a million jobs.
May 4, 2021
Local school districts are praising the governor for releasing $11.2 billion dollars in federal COVID relief funds.
April 28, 2021
Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) responded to Governor Abbott’s announcement that he would finally release $11.2 billion of the federal funds passed in relief packages and which have been available since March:
April 28, 2021
Texas’s top state leaders announced Wednesday they are releasing $11.2 billion out of nearly $18 billion available in federal pandemic relief funding that has been dedicated for the state’s public schools.
April 28, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, state leaders announced the release of $11.2 billion in new federal funding to help public schools address student learning losses and costs that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 28, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top two legislative leaders committed Wednesday to sending $11.2 billion in federal stimulus money to schools, a victory for education advocates clamoring for the funds.
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April 19, 2021
Washington, D.C. – All Democratic members of the Texas congressional delegation have joined a request, led by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and sent to the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, seeking to overcome Governor Abbott’s obstruction of federal education funds from reaching Texas schools.
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April 19, 2021
The Texas Democratic congressional delegation has asked the U.S. Education Department to block the governor from potentially diverting COVID-19 dollars away from public schools.
April 19, 2021
All 13 Texas Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, signed a letter on Monday to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona condemning Gov. Greg Abbott for not releasing federal stimulus funding intended for public education.
April 15, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of both the House Budget and Ways & Means Committees, urged Texans to demand that Governor Abbott make available all federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) to help our schools reopen safely and students to recover from learning losses. Governor Abbott’s diversion and delay in getting funds to our schools is a bad sequel to Governor Rick Perry diverting federal funds intended for schools into the state’s coffers, with the assistance of then-Attorney General Abbott. At that time, Rep. Doggett successfully offered an amendment to single out Texas leaders for their bad faith and prohibit this misconduct—but, in a subsequent congressional takeover, this provision was repealed by Republicans. Rep. Doggett is working now to ensure history does not repeat itself in denying federal resources to Texas schools.