The Texas budget has been the key issue this legislative session. It is important to trim the budget, but it is just as important to clearly show where money is going and for what purpose it will be used. House Bill 2804 addresses these concerns.
K-12 Education
Is the State Not Spending Enough on Public Education?
One state lawmaker recently accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of not “spend[ing] the tax $ that you collected from us on our neighborhood schools instead…hoarding it in the treasury.” Setting aside the fact that the Legislature authors the state budget and dictates where money is spent—not the chief executive—this critique gets things wrong in another...
August 20, 2024