HB2 Giveth, HB2 Taketh Away
By Jim Dallas
The Chronicle reports that school officials believe that much of the new funding will be eaten up by unfunded mandates. The result is that very little new money will actually go to the kids.
To make matters worse, the Supreme Court today ruled that we can't execute the little hellions, either (my take on that case here).
The result... sigh... is that we may have to raise taxes in order to comply with the ed-funding court orders. Writes the Statesman:
Representatives for several school groups said it provides too little new money for an education system that a judge has declared unconstitution- al because of underfunding. Critics also say the bill does not make up for cuts in state spending that lawmakers made in 2003.
Clayton Downing of the Texas School Coalition, a group of school districts with relatively high property values per student, said $5 billion over two years would better meet the needs of schools.
"It does not meet the court's challenge," Downing said of the new bill.
All these court rulings can be a real pain in the neck, man. Ya'll dig?
Posted by Jim Dallas at March 1, 2005 05:05 PM
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