Bush presides over the School Land Board, which has feuded with the State Board of Education over the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars from Texas’ education endowment.
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Public Education
Behind closed doors, Greg Abbott’s office has pitched a plan to fix Texas school finance
The pitch includes capping increases in districts’ property tax revenue and financial incentives to improve school performance.
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Analysis: Texas’ school finance problem in one pesky chart
A fresh update of a single budget chart shows who’s paying for public education in Texas: More than half of the money comes from local property taxpayers, just over a third comes from the state, and the federal government spends about a dime of every dollar schools cost.
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Public Education
Texas spent less on students with disabilities. But did it break the law?
Texas will argue Wednesday at a federal appeals court that its decision to decrease special education funding several years ago did not violate federal law.
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Analysis: Property taxes rise, state education spending falls. That’s the design.
Early discussions about the next state budget include an old and politically hazardous debate: Property values are rising, meaning the local share of education spending will rise while the state share drops.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas projects state funding for schools to drop as local revenue grows
In a preliminary budget request, the Texas Education Agency revealed it expects the state to put less money into public education next year because of fast-increasing local property values.
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Public Education
Texans think state leaders are falling short on public education, UT/TT Poll finds
Texas voters aren’t satisfied with the state’s handling of public education and don’t always agree on whether paying for it should be a state or local duty, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Analysis: For hints to next year’s fights at the Texas Capitol, watch the investment advisers
Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. The political debates of this election year will foreshadow some of the issues you’ll see when the Texas Legislature meets next year, but some of the best clues — sports gambling is one example — come from the financial advisers to public sector investors.
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Public Education
A&M expert has educators asking: If Kansas schools need $2 billion, how much do Texas’ need?
Texas A&M University professor Lori Taylor stunned Kansas lawmakers by recommending they increase their school funding by 44 percent. But what does that mean for Texas?
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Analysis: Texas is finding a new way to call itself a red state
Glenn Hegar, the state’s comptroller of public accounts, is warning lawmakers that Texas’ bond ratings are at risk because of a couple of pending expensive problems. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
