Texas school districts' best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely.
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Texas school districts' best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely. The school finance package now uses that money directly for teacher pay.
The chair of the Texas Senate Education Committee has outlined his vision for boosting teacher salaries, with a focus on retaining experienced educators.
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Last school year, the average teacher in Texas made thousands of dollars less than teachers in other states. A nearly $5 billion bill filed Tuesday in the Legislature seeks to provide across-the-board raises and put more money toward bonuses.
Houston ISD’s state-appointed board of managers, after hearing from more than 100 community members who spoke out against a proposed $2.1 billion budget that doubles down on Superintendent Mike Miles' reforms, narrowly voted to approve it.
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The operating budget for next school year doubles down on HISD Superintendent Mike Miles' New Education System, which was implemented at 85 schools this year and is expanding to another 45 campuses.
Spring ISD trustees are considering asking voters to approve a property tax rate increase as the Houston-area school district tries to close a multi-million-dollar funding gap for the 2024-25 school year.
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Leaders for the district, which serves more than 34,000 students north of Houston, have been working in recent months to make up for an anticipated budget shortfall of more than $25 million, which they have attributed to inflation, declining enrollment and attendance in recent years and the fact Texas lawmakers have not increased the state’s per-student allotment for public schools since 2019.
Trustees for Spring Branch ISD, who blame state leaders for an anticipated budget shortfall of $35 million next year, voted this week to close two schools and dissolve charter school programs at three other campuses.
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More than 2,100 students will be impacted by the shuttering of two campuses and charter school programs at three other schools in the West Houston district, which is cutting costs in anticipation of a $35 million budget shortfall for the 2024-25 school year. Spring Branch ISD leaders say Texas officials are to blame for not providing more funding for public schools.
An argument for a reparations approach to school finance disparities.
https://www.theregreview.org/2022/12/01/ross-can-school-finance-reform-support-reparations/
Saw this at the gas station this AM.
It’s basically the #schoolfinance #edpolicy #education plan behind so-called #EducationFreedom #SchoolVouchers:
Diverting real $$ into a speculative market with high uncertainty/low accountability.
Arizona's expansive #schoolvoucher law raises funding concerns for Arizona school districts.
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https://www.inmaricopa.com/will-arizonas-new-school-voucher-law-take-a-financial-bite-out-of-musd/
I am looking forward to participating in this inportant #schoolfinance panel at the American Education Research Conference next year.
https://twitter.com/schooldaves/status/1591075526168702978?t=_UCx2oBiNJR1r6eB503AKw&s=19
“We got a panel on critical school finance and school facilities accepted to @AERA_EdResearch!! Thanks to @EeSeulYoon for co-organizing and @esther_cyna @EleniSchirmer @DrCamikaRoyal for putting together papers. @DrPrestonGreen will be a discussant, which is amazing!”
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