Gov. Greg Abbott signed a school funding package into law that he believes will put Texas on the path of being ranked number one in the country for education.

The details of the House settlement with the NCAA may not have finished, but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that will end the NCAA's decades-old prohibition on universities paying players directly.

Lawmakers passed more than 1,200 bills during the 89th Texas Legislature, nearly 800 of which were sent to the governor in the last 10 days of the 140-day session, which wrapped up Monday. Now that legislators have gone back to their districts to turn their attention back to their families and,