AUSTIN – Texas House-Senate lawmaker budget negotiators voted 9-1 yesterday for a two-year state budget that would cut Rockwall and Royse City ISD state funding, as well as overall Texas school funding, by 8 percent. Cuts are less than were feared as a result of last minute accounting maneuvers. Rockwall ISD administrators had feared cuts [...]

(Rockwall Herald Banner) – RCISD Superintendant Randy Hancock came back home after the last Commissioner’s Cabinet meeting with dire predictions for the state of educational funding statewide “We’ve been told that the deficit may be as high as $12-15 billion,” Hancock said. “From the commissioner’s mouth, we’re now hearing that it could be as high [...]

By J.J. Smith. Most and perhaps none of Rockwall County’s public and private schools will be showing President Obama’s controversial live speech to school children in their classes Tuesday morning at 11 a.m (Central Time). Rockwall ISD will provide ”optional access” at a designated location on each campus. Royse City ISD and Heritage Christian Academy (HCA)will not. The Fulton School’s administrators were meeting [...]