Because school facilities taxes are part of many taxpayers’ total school property tax bill, the way that facilities are funded should be a fundamental part of comprehensive school finance reform. The growing investment of state tax dollars to help local school districts pay off facilities debt lends particular urgency to the need for state policymakers to establish standards, accountability, and controls for the debt that local school districts elect to incur and pass along to every taxpayer in the state.
Who Were Texas’ Highest Paid Superintendents in 2023-24?
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has just released some revealing new data on public school superintendent salaries—and the detail has already prompted a bit of minor outrage online. The dissatisfaction appears rooted in the fact that, despite lackluster student outcomes and a persistent affordability crisis, the top-end of the superintendent salary spectrum grew to astounding...