         Sentence 14: We need a certifiable  pay as you go budget by mid-July or.  schools wont open in September ,  Strayhorn sai         Sentence 2: Texas lawmakers must  close, a $ 185.9 million budget. gap  by the middle of July or-the schools  wont. .open in September ,  Comptroller Carole, Keeton  Strayhorn said Thursday -