Tag Archives: Lynn Moak

This time it’s different

Why is this school finance ruling different from all other school finance rulings? For one thing, it was way more comprehensive. The changes needed to correct the constitutional violations [Judge John] Dietz identified could comprise the most far-reaching overhaul of … Continue reading

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Eight billion dollars

That’s how much is needed per year to make public education whole. Lynn Moak told state District Judge John Dietz that it will take more than $8 billion a year in additional money to get students on target to graduate … Continue reading

Posted in School days | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Back to school finance

The Lege has started the process of picking up where it left off on school finance. The Trib reminds us how we got here. [T]he earlier failure of SB 1581, which put a behind-closed-doors conference committee in charge of any … Continue reading

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

So what happens if there isn’t a school finance deal?

You may recall that having to change the school finance formula to distribute the billions of cuts to public education is causing problems with the budget. What happens if no changes are made to the formula? The Trib contemplates the … Continue reading

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on So what happens if there isn’t a school finance deal?

How does school finance work, anyway?

The Trib has a useful guide to this incredibly complex topic. Here’s our layman’s guide to figuring out the current system, compiled with the help of experts at the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, the Equity Center and the Texas … Continue reading

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

It’s not just about cutting public education funding

Abby Rapoport explains one of the potential long term consequences of the violence that’s being done to public education funding this session. For over 60 years, Texas has treated education differently than the rest of the budget. In funding most … Continue reading

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on It’s not just about cutting public education funding

What the funding cuts to public education will mean to your school district

Read this and see. Summary of HB 1 (Public Education Reductions) The House introduced its initial version of the General Appropriations Act (House Bill 1) for the 2012-13 biennium on Wednesday, January 19. While it is the first draft of … Continue reading

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments