Rural School Districts Are Facing Financial Ruin. Some State Officials Prefer It That Way.
Texas Monthly, August 2023
"For years Hicks, the superintendent of Fort Davis ISD, has been watching helplessly as a slow-motion disaster has unfolded, the result of a deeply flawed and resource-starved public school–finance system. Over the past decade, funding for his little district, which serves just 184 students from pre-K through twelfth grade, has sagged even as costs, driven by inflation and ever-increasing state mandates, have soared. The math is stark. His austere budget has hovered at around $3.1 million per year for the past six years. But the notoriously complex way the state finances schools allows him to bring in only about $2.5 million per year through property taxes."
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Andrea HutlockMH Distance LearningAustinTX
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