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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Thursday, December 1, 2011 Texas School Funding Update: The Fight Continues The fight goes on to force Texas lawmakers to reform school funding and reassess the current two-year budget slash. 1) Structural Problem: The current system is simply not equitable. Example Frisco ISD 2) Funding Cut Problem: $2 billion less; 68,000 more
Little Elm ISD (neighboring district to Frisco ISD)
There is also a fight to get lawmakers to adequately fund a school system that is suffering through $4 billion in cuts over this two year budget cycle ---even though 68,000 new students will be added to the system over these two years. Over a hundred school districts in Texas are in the courts challenging legislative cuts and/or the school financing process. Plano ISD joined the fight a few days ago. See the video below by NBCDFW for more on this fight for proper education funding. |