Doing the Math: Numbers show schools won't get enough
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Editorials: "Here's what we hope Texans and the Supreme Court justices paying attention to Austin's school funding battle understand: The Senate's $2.8 billion in extra aid over the next two years lets students tread water when they need to know how to swim.
The state's own numbers prove this point. The Legislative Budget Board just analyzed the Senate plan, and here's an example of what state number crunchers found about the measure that the Senate debated yesterday:
Dallas schools would receive about $80 million in extra funds over two years. While that sounds bountiful, about 40 percent must go to increase teacher salaries.
We certainly support more pay for teachers, but that's not money spent to restore foreign language classes, improve college-bound courses or keep elementary classes small enough for students to get ample attention. The state's broken funding system has forced districts around Texas to cut proven education tools such as these."
The state's own numbers prove this point. The Legislative Budget Board just analyzed the Senate plan, and here's an example of what state number crunchers found about the measure that the Senate debated yesterday:
Dallas schools would receive about $80 million in extra funds over two years. While that sounds bountiful, about 40 percent must go to increase teacher salaries.
We certainly support more pay for teachers, but that's not money spent to restore foreign language classes, improve college-bound courses or keep elementary classes small enough for students to get ample attention. The state's broken funding system has forced districts around Texas to cut proven education tools such as these."
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