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Download full textMcCown, F. Scott – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2006
This is the first in a trilogy of policy briefs discussing public education and taxes. This brief discusses the challenge facing Texas in funding public education. It also explains why the Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in "West Orange-Cove II" requires increased state appropriations for public education.
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, Government School Relationship, School Support
Direct linkHoff, David J. – Education Week, 2004
Texas has had its Robin Hood school financing system in place since 1993, when the legislature adopted the system in response to a state supreme court order to equalize state spending on public schools. Under the arrangement, any district that has taxable property values exceeding $305,000 per student is not allowed to keep all of its property-tax…
Descriptors: School Support, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
Three basic issues were examined in this study: (1) the variance in the purchasing power of the dollar among Texas school districts, (2) the variance in local property tax burden among Texas school districts, and (3) consideration of alternative Texas school finance formulas. Data used were from the data banks of the Texas Education Agency and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
