HB 9 would increase contributions by taxpayers collected at the state level from 6.8 percent to 7.8 percent in 2020 (and progressively higher to 8.8 percent in 2026) to decrease the funding period from 87 years to 30 years, respectively. This increase in contributions would cost taxpayers $684 million in the 2020-21 biennium and more thereafter. While this improves the financial soundness of TRS if the assumed rate of return is met, HB 9 does not solve the structural problems of TRS and adds additional costs to taxpayers of $658 million for a 13th payment to retirees in 2020.
Round Rock ISD Caught Pushing Politics in the Classroom
A Central Texas school district is in hot water after its staff allegedly “creat[ed] a Mexican-American lesson plan teaching that immigration law amounts to the oppression of minorities.” The shocking incident occurred at Round Rock ISD, a relatively large ISD north of Austin with a history of controversy, and was exposed by a watchdog group,...