An Updated Guide to Texas School Finance Lawsuits
Texas' latest round of school finance litigation adds some new players to the courtroom, with interests that are more varied than ever before. We've created a cheat sheet to help you keep all six lawsuits — and the plaintiffs' basic arguments — straight.
Charter schools and a newly formed organization pushing for more school choice are both suing the state for the first time. Four different groups of school districts, by now veterans in the school finance wars, are returning once again.
A judge has already consolidated these five lawsuits into one trial, and will likely do the same with the ...
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Tommy Ashley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
School finance I'm OK with. Football stadium finance, Not so much..
Phillip Sanders via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Football stadiums are built with bond money. Local taxpayers have a say in this by voting on their bond proposals. Don't believe everything that the TP is saying. Do some investigating for yourself.
Tommy Ashley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ummm. If you got money for stadiums, why does Plano have to build your school? Investigate that and get back to me...
Hollis Morton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
San Jacinto county District Judge Coker, who has control over people’s lives, should have to read her verdicts off of Hanson’s second-story so everyone could see what a crook she is. The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct said the Judge did no wrong. The courtroom documents show 258th District Judge Elizabeth Coker, Harris County assistant Dist. Atty. Kaylynn Williford, and Mr. Hanson, Glen conspired to commit property tax fraud that funds the schools in Texas. Every time I look out my window I see the monument to honor judicial corruption. Please see courtroom documents and photos. http://hm21.wordpress.com
blanca fogleman
What we do with local money after bond elections is the one thing the local boards have control of.
HOWEVER, this is nothing compared to the billions spent on standardized testing each year. Then after just a few years a "better" test comes along and we have no voice in that matter. The monopolies are in testing. They control our school systems in Texas and the nation. That is the control that needs to return to the state level or even better the local level. If teachers are the problem then hire better teachers. We have been there and I have to say that in our district teachers are very well trained. There is constant professional development. I am 61 and I am up on technology because of the training I received. I have been exposed to the lastest and greatest but then I am robbed of the opportunity to use what I have learned because of the constant interruption of my class time to meet this mandate and that mandate ALL related to that TEST!