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Top Stories: State Education Funding Hearing Continues; From ‘The Monkees’ To Film Work

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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

Testimony on education funding continues today in Austin. Superintendents across Texas are asking state lawmakers to do more to tackle public school funding.

The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled the school finance system as constitutional -- but complicated. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus asked the house committees to study the school finance system and recommend reforms before the Legislature convenes in January.

The state has been giving many districts money to help balance their budgets – it’s called “additional state aid for tax reduction.” That funding is set to disappear next year.

Other stories this morning:

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.