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Download full textBigham, Gary; Nix, Susan; Hayes, Alana – Rural Educator, 2014
In response to a challenging state economy, the Texas Legislature implemented the Regular Program Adjustment Factor (RPAF) in 2011, effectively reducing state funding to all Texas school districts. This mixed methods study reveals the effect of the RPAF on a sample of the smallest Texas school districts and their response to decreased state…
Descriptors: School Districts, Small Schools, Responses, State Aid
Direct linkBlair, Julie – Education Week, 2013
Most Texans would rather sell a favorite horse than vote for a tax hike that promises bigger government. Yet San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has not only persuaded his constituents to spend $248 million to pay for an unusual and ambitious preschool program for poor 4-year-olds, but he is also going to open doors in August--a mere nine months after…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Preschool Education, School Buildings, Goal Orientation
McCown, 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
Cortez, Albert – Intercultural Development Research Association Newsletter, 1991
This paper analyzes Texas Senate Bill 351 that reforms public school funding. The bill provides for additional state funding and significant increases in local property taxes. The bill creates county education taxing units to neutralize the enormous property wealth differences found among the state's 1,056 school districts. It also provides a…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1977
Empirical data and staff opinions were gathered to determine the enrollment of Mexican immigrant/alien students in the Rio Grande City Schools during the 1976-77 school year and their impact on space utilization, educational programming, staffing, and funding. Eleven staff members, representing administrators, principals, teachers, and counselors,…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Needs, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Cardenas, Jose A. – 1997
This book chronicles the history of school finance reform in Texas between 1968 and 1995. Specifically, the book focuses on the substantial changes in the method of funding Texas public schools, aimed at creating a more equitable system of educational opportunity. The author, Dr. Jose A. Cardenas, founded the Intercultural Development Research…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Change
