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.
Getting the Numbers Right on Public Education Spending
Competition is a part of the American spirit and inseparable from Texas culture. Few things are more enjoyable than watching the two opposing sides battle it out to beat the other. No other time of year captures the spirit of competition better than fall. Between football and the Major League Baseball playoffs, seemingly every day...