Posted @ Friday, May 04, 2012

Largely responding to state education cuts, Texas A&M System Regents today agreed to raise tuition at several universities. The move follows a similar decision by UT System Regents yesterday.

Posted @ Monday, April 16, 2012

After the deep and unnecessary education cuts that Governor Perry championed, it's no surprise that his Compact doesn't say a word about educating schoolchildren....

Posted @ Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Following the announcement by right-wing groups that they will push for deeper education cuts during the next legislative session, Representative Mike Villarreal urged Texans to fight back at the Save Texas Schools Rally this Saturday at the Capitol...

Posted @ Thursday, March 01, 2012

Austin - As Texas faces four lawsuits against the state's school finance system, House Speaker Joe Straus today named State Rep. Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) to the Joint Interim Committee to Study the Public School Finance System...

Posted @ Friday, February 17, 2012

Following a request by Rep. Mike Villarreal and over 100 other state representatives, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott today announced a one-year delay of the requirement that new state End of Course (EOC) exams count for 15 percent of a student's grade...

Posted @ Thursday, February 09, 2012

The state's high-cost natural gas tax exemption cost the state $2.3 billion during fiscal years 2010 and 2011, according to data provided by the state Comptroller's office...

Posted @ Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The extraordinarily high number of waivers is largely a consequence of the legislature's decision to cut support for public education by $5.4 billion....

Posted @ Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The University of Texas at San Antonio is seeking to increase undergraduate tuition for fulltime in-state students from the current $2,891 per semester to $3,004 this fall and $3,121 in the fall of 2013....

Posted @ Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I asked Tricia Najera, a kindergarten teacher at Blattman Elementary in Northside ISD, what this looks like in her classroom. “When you have 23 kids on the carpet for a lesson you try to meet the needs of the kids the best you can,” she said

Posted @ Thursday, January 19, 2012

"I welcome the Governor back to Texas. I would be happy to fill him in on all the things that he missed while he was gone, from the harm done by his education cuts to the state's struggles for clean air and water."

Posted @ Friday, January 13, 2012

Attend the Save Texas Schools conference in San Antonio on February 3-4, and more...

Posted @ Friday, October 07, 2011

You can now find me at: facebook.com/Rep.Mike.Villarreal.

Posted @ Wednesday, September 21, 2011

I write to you today with a heavy heart.  Last week, Rebecca Elizabeth Gonzalez died in her San Antonio home along with her daughter, Samvastion Ochoa, and friend Pamela Susan Wenske. Fire destroyed their home. 

Posted @ Friday, February 12, 2010

On February 28, 2010, the state of Texas will close the current enrollment period for the "Texas Tuition Promise Fund," which allows Texans to lock in tomorrow's college tuition costs today....

Posted @ Thursday, February 11, 2010

Today Representative Mike Villarreal joined the Texas Latino Complete Count Committee in encouraging Texans to engage in the upcoming U.S. census.  Rep. Villarreal also reiterated his recommendation to Governor Rick Perry to direct state agencies to support census participation.  "Governor Perry has failed to seize this opportunity to bring more of our tax dollars back home to our public schools, job training programs, hospitals, transportation projects, and senior centers," noted Rep. Villarreal.