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AISD board to consider declaring financial crisis
The Austin ISD board of trustees considers two big issues Monday night. Board members will discuss whether to declare the district in a state of financial crisis.
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EQUITY CENTER NEWSLETTERS
 THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE
October 2009

THE FACILITIES ISSUE
September 2009

Wealth Neutrality in Texas Pubic Schools Facilities Funding
August 2009

 Stopping the Cost-Shift onto Property Taxes
March 2009

A $1,000 Donut Hole:
The Flaw in Outside-the-Formula-System Target Funding
Jan 2009

 Eliminating the Target Revenue Hold-Harmlessful
Dec 2008

 The Facilities Issue - IFA and EDA Funding Over the Years
Nov 2008

Ensure Sufficient Funding for Adequate Employee Pay - Fixing the School Finance System
July 2008

 Sometimes I Feel Like a 41 — Sometimes I Don't
May 2008

Let's Revisit Formula Funding in the '09 Session - Ken McCraw, TACS Executive Director
March 2008

Dr. Richard Middleton's Testimony to the House Select Committee on Feb 8, 2008 - North East ISD Supt.  (PAGE 4)
March 2008

Is the State Abandoning
Their Promise of Efficient
Cost-Based
Funding...?
 Dec 2007

Passing the Bucks
Oct 2007

Champions of Equity
Presented to Carter
Casteel: 80th Legislature
Largely Quiet on
School Finance
 Aug 2007

The Instructional Facilities
Allotment: Too Little of a
Very Good Program
Dec 2006

School Taxpayers Forced
to Play Russian Roulette
with Facilities Funding
Nov 2006

Equity in Facilities Funding
Under the EDA: Heading
Down a Slippery Slope
Oct 2006

HB 1 Promises the Highest
Level of M&O Equity In
Our History
June 2006
 

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   Today is Monday, February 08, 2010   

**WHO REPRESENTS ME?**    HOUSE       SENATE
Bonnie Lesley, guest column: If we want better schools, we need more investment
Waco Tribune Online
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Many people have said to me during my long career in public education that “throwing money at the problem” is not required for school improvement. And, of course, it isn’t the answer if that is all we do. But I can say with certainty that student achievement will not improve if we do not significantly increase our investment in schools. More funding is needed to replace the money that used to be there for instruction.
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Texas comptroller: Budget shortfall outlook overblown
Robert Garrett
Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says she’s not buying into predictions of a state fiscal meltdown – yet. ...Another $1 billion or so may be available, Combs said, because the stock market’s recent rebound may allow an investment fund for public schools to distribute earnings that lawmakers can use.
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst And Speaker Joe Straus Announce Appointments To The Select Committee On Public School Finance
Focus aligning funding with Texas’ goal of post-secondary readiness
Rich Parsons
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Thursday, January 21, 2010
(AUSTIN)—Today, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (San Antonio) announced appointments to the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments. The state's goal of post-secondary readiness and a continued focus on accountability and closing the achievement gap between socioeconomic groups are important to the future of Texas students and the state’s economic health. The committee will review the 20-year-old funding formulas to ensure alignment moving forward.
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You say school finance, I say school fun-ance
Comments on Select Committee appointments
Holly Hacker
Dallas Morning News - Education Blog
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Last week a national report gave Texas a D+ for its school funding system. Today, Texas lawmakers said they'll study ways to improve school finance.
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Education spending tests Texas
Joe Gulick
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Everything's big in Texas ... except spending on education. [Highly Recommended]
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Texas Shuts Door on Millions in Education Grants
Sam Dillon
New York Times
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Texas will not compete for up to $700 million in federal education money, Gov. Rick Perry said on Wednesday, calling the Obama administration’s main school improvement grant program an unacceptable intrusion on states’ control over education.
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