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It’s called “recapture” and it’s worse than I described: https://recapturetexas.org/ https://recapturetexas.org/ The money doesn’t even go to education in rur
by isykt 3y ago
It’s called “recapture” and it’s worse than I described:
https://recapturetexas.org/ https://recapturetexas.org/
The money doesn’t even go to education in rural areas, not completely. It just goes into the general state budget.
The really fucked up thing is that local ISDs are intentionally underfunded because of this policy.
Stick the liberals with the pollution, kill their public schools, take their money and spend it on vouchers for private religious schools.
Oh, and gerrymander the fuck out of their districts so the suburbs and ranch dwellers have all the say, all the time.
- pc86 3y agoThis is a political advocacy organization, which may have positive goals, but is absolutely only going to be presenting one side of the argument and in a very "we're 100% good and the other side is 100% evil" kind of way. Not saying it's not worth looking into but it's like trying to get unbiased information on all political candidates in a race by going to one candidate's campaign website. It seems like the answer to "How is Texas funding rural schools with urban property taxes" is most likely "they're not, they're taking money from both schools for general budget appropriations."
- isykt 3y agoHere’s a different source, the local NPR station, if you prefer. https://www.kut.org/tags/recapture https://www.kut.org/tags/recapture