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Texas school funding woes lead to closure of Valley View Elementary in Eanes ISD

  • 1.  Texas school funding woes lead to closure of Valley View Elementary in Eanes ISD

    Posted 01-22-2025 04:29 PM

    On Tuesday night, Eanes ISD leaders voted unanimously to close Valley View Elementary School. It comes after the district estimated a budget deficit of about $6.5 million. It's an issue schools around Texas are facing. In Texas, the state hasn't increased education funding since 2019. Monty Exter with the Association of Texas Professional Educators said that's what this all traces back to. "We've had record inflation over that same timeframe," he said. "Even if we hadn't had record inflation, that's still a long time to go without any sort of funding increase."

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    Michael Spurlin
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