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Gov. Greg Abbott plans to gut public school funding as he sends $1 billion to private schools (www.houstonchronicle.com)

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Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.

Texas already ranks 47th in the nation in public school funding and pays teachers $10,000 less a year than the national average. No surprise then that Texas students trail the nation in reading and math scores, according to the Nation's Report Card, a nonprofit that analyzes testing data.

The Legislature increased public school funding by $8 billion for the next two years, but it was the first increase in state funding since 2019 and doesn't keep up with inflation. Lawmakers then promised to spend $1 billion in state tax revenue to send 100,000 kids to private schools.

Tying the hands of school boards will guarantee they will have to close more schools and cut more teachers, explained Clay Robison, spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association.

"Abbott does not really care about public education; his focus now is on private schools, charter schools, and giving them all the tax dollars," he told me. "More teachers are going to quit."

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

dumb, poor, desperate people are easy to manipulate, it's a simple as that