Can you make one quick call or email to the Senate Public Ed Committee members or your state senator (link)? Tell them to restore the $395/student increase in public education funding that was in the house version. The governor is playing bait and switch again.
Tell them to restore the $395/student increase in public education funding that was in the house version. The governor is playing bait and switch again.
The Senate version of HB 2, being heard in the Senate Public Education Committee tonight (livestream here), replaces the House’s proposed $395 increase to the basic per-student allotment with just $55 and it’s not even new state money; it will come from local taxpayers, not the state.
Keep in mind that to keep up with inflation since 2019, Texas should be raising the basic allotment by about $1,300. The current $6,160 per-student amount hasn’t changed in years, while costs have risen sharply.
Last session, the Governor held public education funding hostage to push vouchers. He got what he wanted this session, yet still refuses to invest a single new cent from state coffers into our kids.
On Monday, HISD Board President Ric Campo will receive the Kinder Award for “Outstanding Civic Leadership.” Apparently, chaos now gets a trophy. It’s hard to imagine a worse time to celebrate the man who’s served as Mike Miles’ head cheerleader.
While teachers flee, parents pull their kids out, and morale across the district plummets, the Board President and Board of Managers continue to rubber-stamp every disastrous decision. Since the state takeover, executive salaries have soared while buildings are crumpling, wraparound specialists and over half of the maintenance staff have been terminated, and students are stuck doing error-filled worksheets instead of reading real books. Meanwhile, Miles is spending $3 million on a state of the art media studio to sell his lies.
What parents and teachers want isn’t more propaganda — they want honest, transparent leadership and schools that support and inspire kids to learn and dream.
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