FYI Ping ......
Why do politicians make everything so difficult? It's simple really, GET RID of all the ILLEGALS kids out of the schools and the kids of legals who are only legal because of Anchor babies.Problem solved.
There was No mention of solving the massive illegal insurgent problems. Thanks Perry.
A measurement of a school district's student enrollment. Under this measurement, students who fit into categories (such as those having learning difficulties, those who need bilingual education, those who are deemed gifted or talented) are recognized as costing more to educate and are given a "weight," so that each counts as more than a single student for funding purposes.
It's not about the education it's about the:
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Camel's nose under the tent. While Texas has gone more conservative, many of the new "Republicans" are actually Rats who abandoned a sinking ship. They are using the term "state payroll tax" because they know that using what it really is, "state income tax", guarantees they'll be out of office by the time they get back to their home district. Reducing property taxes is strictly a temporary way to try and persuade people to allow a state income tax. As soon as they get the income tax in place, property taxes will rise right back up.
A state district judge in Austin now has ruled that the current school finance system is unconstitutional -- that it does not provide enough money to meet state educational requirements. He also said that, during the past decade, too many of Texas' 1,000-plus school districts gradually have been forced to raise taxes to the maximum $1.50 rate in an attempt to meet state requirements, effectively making that tax cap an unconstitutional state property tax.
Red herring. Amending the Texas Constitution is easy. This entire mess started when liberals put a general statement of intent into a Texas constitutional amendment. Conservatives let them pass what they thought was a feel good measure, but the liberals have been changing the Texas school funding system through lawsuits based on the amendment since Ann Richards was governor. It's time to change this amendment.
Ann Richards pushed the state lottery through, claiming that it would be earmarked for school funding. Of course, earmarking for state funding is ridiculous, because all they do is reduce funding from other sources.
The problem is that many people want someone else to pay for educating their children. They want other people to feed them (free school lunches), and look after them after school. They want them to pick them up from the house, drop them off, and go about their lives with the government looking after their children. As in California, much of the stress is being put on the school system by illegal aliens. Legal aliens pay taxes, and hence, pay school taxes. Illegal aliens do not pay taxes, and stress the system.
hmmmm…… Now let me get this straight….the dead need protective services?
Economically disadvantaged - Students whose family income is so low that they qualify for federal free- and reduced lunch programs. In general, these students are seen as facing learning challenges not faced by wealthier students. Their scores on standardized tests are studied separately from those of other students to make sure that economically disadvantaged students are being given the help they need to meet educational goals.
This is insane…..Texas does not require a lick of proof that a family is economically disadvantaged…all one has to do is sign the photocopied form that “every child” takes home……
No thank you.....my son is in private Christian school here in Texas....we take the time & responsibility to make his lunch!
1,000 + ISD and 254 counties..... Reducing the ISDs to the county level won't solve the problem but it will do away with huge amounts of duplications..... such as: Superintendents and the associated staffs.... Maintenance facilities and staff, bus systems and equipment, sports complexes, and on and on. I live in a county with some eight ISDs and the large one pays it's Superintendent more than $250,000 annually plus perks and bonuses. Consolidation will never happen in government operations as it does in the private sector but it should, imo.