Texas News Texas Senate Passes School Funding Overhaul Bill, Despite ‘Rushed Process KWBU | By Jill Ament Published May 7, 2019 at 7:15 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:32 Julia Reihs/KUT The Texas Senate Chamber in 2019. “The Senate ended up taking it up late, revising it late and forcing members to take a vote on it without an official analysis on how it would affect member schools.”