Tex. Lawmakers Vote Aid Increase To Pay for Reform Plan

By Lonnie Harp

Texas lawmakers have adjourned a special session after approving a $1.9-billion increase in aid to schools that will fully fund the state's latest finance-reform plan.

Also last month, a state judge upheld the new finance law against its first court challenge, brought by wealthy school districts that stand to lose millions of dollars under it.

Observers say the two developments augur a period of relatively peaceful respite after two years of tumultuous debate over...