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• Despite losing bathroom bill fight, a transgender girl gets her two minutes

  22-07-2017 07:36 via texastribune.org
  The doors of the Texas Capitol had been open for just about 40 minutes when Rachel Gonzales made her way down into the lowest level of the pink granite building and joined a very long line.
  Just like the state lawmakers who were back in Austin for the summer, Rachel and her 7-year-old daughter Libby had some unfinished business to address.
  For the third time this year, lawmakers were set to consider proposals to restrict bathroom use for transgender men, women and children. For the third time th
  
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• Senate committee passes bills on private school choice and school finance study

  22-07-2017 01:23 via texastribune.org
  The Senate Education Committee got two major bills out of the way Friday, passing legislation that would create a "private school choice" program and start a commission to study the school finance system.
  The committee voted 8-2 to pass Senate Bill 2, creating a tax credit scholarship subsidizing private school tuition for students with disabilities. It voted 10-0 to pass Senate Bill 16, which would task a 13-person committee of legislators and educators with developing recommendations on how to
  
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