Energy Funding Education. 5 Number Factoids from TXOGA

  • Texas receives $1.3 Billion in Royalties
  • Oil & Gas dominates some school tax bases like:
    • Terrell ISD 56%
    • Andrews ISD 79.7%
    • Sands ISD 91%
  • Energy also provides innovative education programs and production opportunities that promote STEM (science, technology, engeneering & mathematics) such as one program seeded by $5 million from Chevron

TribTalk by Todd Staples

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