INTERIM. Additional House Interim Charges. School Finance.

Appropriations and Public Education will examine:

• Additional Interim Charge 1:
  • The impact to school districts when the Additional State Aid for Tax Relief ends on 9/1/17
• Additional Interim Charge 2:
  • The use of local property taxes to fund public education
  • The effect on educational quality
  • The effect on Texas taxpayers
  • Recommend ways to reverse increasing reliance on recapture payments

What Speaker Straus said:

• “It’s important that we keep local tax dollars in local districts as much as possible, while still ensuring that all students have access to quality public schools”
• “The Supreme Court made clear that our school finance system can be improved,” Speaker Straus said. “The House will continue working toward better schools for our students and a more efficient funding system for taxpayers.”
• Speaker Straus also honed in on this line from the Texas Suprme Court school fiancne opinion:
  • The Texas school finance system is “undeniably imperfect, with immense room for improvement.”

Speaker Straus | STRAUS INSTRUCTS HOUSE TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FUNDING REFORMS