Agree that both the Wikipedia article I linked and the article you linked are not very good. FWIW, the state property tax illegality issue was somehow addressed

Agree that both the Wikipedia article I linked and the article you linked are not very good. FWIW, the state property tax illegality issue was somehow addressed shortly after the article you linked was written via some legislation that lowered the minimum obligation to the state and awarded local jurisdictions more leeway to levy their own taxes instead. Here is a more recent article with some numbers that I linked in a sibling comment that details how Texas has essentially painted itself into a corner with Robin Hood funding: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/31/texas-robin-hood-recapture-villain-texas-fix-school-finance/ https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/31/texas-robin-hood-rec... Everyone seems to acknowledge that its current implementation is somewhat problematic but there really isn't a clear path forward for resolving the issues with the system that is tenable in the current Texas political and legal climate.