Not too familiar with the Texas property tax situation are you?
Well you all have encouraged me to go out and read the opinion before spouting off about it, but I can't pull it up on Westlaw. W
hat little I do know suggests that (1) a vague constitutional provision requiring the state to provide some sort of public education system + (2) a judicial ruling that the current means of funding is flawed in some respect = higher taxes and more money thrown down the rathole of modern public education.