“Solving the Third Party Payer Problem in Texas’ Public Education System Increasing Education Efficiency through Parental Choice” includes an analysis of the two systems of K-12 education operating in the Texas today: public and private. For the most part in Texas, these two systems operate separately. Unlike many other states, Texas doesn’t have a private school choice program that allows students to attend private schools using money from the public system.
Taxes & Spending
Bigger in Texas: Sizing Up the State’s Finances
Every even-numbered year, the state’s Legislative Budget Board (LBB) publishes a helpful, user-friendly summation of the General Appropriations Act (GAA), otherwise known as the state’s two-year budget. On Wednesday, the LBB published the next iteration—its 2024-25 Fiscal Size-Up. From a 30,000 ft. level, this new report provides “a comprehensive review of how tax dollars were...
August 2, 2024