Thousands of Texans say "NO" to underfunding & testing



Walker Report file copy of protests when the legislature cuts funding
the last session

 A crowd of more than 12,000 teachers, students, families and community leaders

converged on the State Capitol today to tell lawmakers to fix a broken testing system

and return billions of dollars in education funding cut by the 2011 legislature

“The legislature is failing our children by refusing to restore the $5.4 billion that was

taken from our students last legislative session,” said Senator Kirk Watson. “It’s past

time to talk about the kids.