Testimony of Chris Hammons, PhD, before the SBOE

Reinvigorating Federalism and Fiscal Discipline in Texas: Establishing the Office of State Sovereignty

Texas governments received $84.3 billion in federal funding in 2023, raising concerns over financial dependency and regulatory consequences. Creating an Office of State Sovereignty to monitor the application, receipt, and conditions of this aid could mitigate fiscal risk and improve transparency. Key points: Texas lacks a centralized system to oversee federal grants potentially flowing to...

Texas, Bluebonnet Learning Shows Success in Education is Possible

America is in the midst of an education collapse. Declining literacy rates. Falling math scores. Shortened attention spans. And a growing uncertainty is emerging: What should we do? But in Texas, Bluebonnet Learning provides common sense curriculum, serious structure, and a reverence for the Western tradition by giving students a clear sense of what is...

The Truth About Texas Education Funding

A recent story in the Houston Chronicle misleads readers about Texas education funding. Let’s set the record straight. School choice doesn’t take a single dollar from public schools. The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, or TEFA, was funded completely separately through an appropriation from General Revenue. Public school funding is at an all-time high of...