A Guide to the Texas School Finance Lawsuits
One consequence of lawmakers' $5.4 billion cut to Texas public schools? Five school finance lawsuits filed against the state, covering more than 500 districts and 3 million students.
With the latest suit, filed Feb. 24 by a group called Texans for Real Efficiency and Equity in Education, comes a twist: The plaintiffs aren't school districts, but parents who support charter schools, bringing a new voice into courtrooms that until now have been populated with veterans of past school finance battles. Instead of challenging the state on whether it has given enough money to schools — a component of the ...
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John Longoria via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Equity among districts is the basis for the lawsuits-not so much more money.
Ronnie Odom via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Privatize, of course.
Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Now that´s just wonderful. No money to hand out and now we get to waste even more defending the lawsuits.
Peggy Venable
These lawsuits are a waste of money and line the pockets of attorneys, draining more of the education funding. We already spend more on education than on any other program in the state. We currently spend only half of the education funding in the classroom. This has little to do with students and instruction and more to do with the edu-crats who are feeding off the system. Will teachers benefit from these lawsuits? Will students benefit from these lawsuits? What needs to happen is to determine how we can be more efficient with the funding available. As a taxpayer advocate, I want to see these questions addressed: what are we getting for our spending and how can we be more efficient with the dollars available?
Hub Ratliff via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Thank you.
Carol Morgan
If you go to the TREE website--http://eduefficiency.org/
You will find an interesting name as a part of their "leadership"--Kent Grusendorf. I don't know if you remember him but he was a legislator (and head of the education committee) until he was defeated in 2007. He was a huge proponent of vouchers and he enacted some really toxic educational legislation during his tenure in the House. He was bankrolled by James Leininger, who is another school voucher fan. I would bet a dime to dollar that the "ghost money" behind this lawsuit is Leininger's.
gypsy314 ne
School vouchers is the answer and put public schools on notice compete our close the doors.