AISD: Low-Budget Wrassling Resumes

Budgeting for public education always involves struggles between competing needs, but these days the competition is particularly fierce

"...weigh these arguments within the context of a state school finance system that everyone wants to replace, but no..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Grandma vs. Cowboy

Can Strayhorn lasso Perry? Maybe the Lege will tell.

"...with her incumbent opponent's ongoing record of failure on school finance reform. Get used to her opening salvo, for..."

June 24, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• House Bill 2, the school finance bill, moved out of committee. See "School Finance..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

On the Lege

The Lege special session gets down to business, and it's woefully business as usual

"...less than one business day for the House public school finance plan – awkwardly cobbled together over the last..."

May 7, 2004 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

The first days of the special session feature a rhetorical slugfest between the governor and the comptroller

"...remains "no consensus" on what to do about public school finance and property taxes – or even which project..."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...gubernatorial candidate) Carole Keeton Strayhorn, describing Gov. Rick Perry's school finance plan...."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

A Lege Too Far

With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker

"...drafted a budget of about $58 billion; the Senate Finance Committee is said to be considering the relatively munificent..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Budget Wins at the Capitol

The Texas Lege finally funds public education

"...announce a deal on the budget, property taxes, and school finance. "We won the Super Bowl today," Bonnen told..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Rep. Celia Israel on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Pandering to 3% of the electorate is not in anyone's best interest”

"...of lowering our property taxes and supporting our public school children...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: Does Texas Really Need a Special Session

Save for the sunset bill, does Texas really need a special session?

"...and discriminatory bathroom bill. Second, can-kicking, like assembling a school finance task force to deliver a report to future..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Somebody Else's Job

Where does the school finance ruling leave 5 million Texas students?

"...state's system (if that's the right word) of public school finance is constitutional, overruling the judgment of state District..."

May 20, 2016 News Column by Michael King

What's the Damage?

The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session

"...lawsuits still pending over the 2011 decimation of public school funding, and a variety pack of litigation over the..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

School finance, evolution, secession, and more

"...a deferred payment of $630 million for the Permanent School Fund. Remember, this is not new money: Instead, it..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Column

Headlines

"...› The Texas school finance system is unconstitutional. On Feb. 4, Judge John..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature

Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...There are some words Pearce Middle School Principal Texanna Turner does not want to hear. Nobody..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...The surprise is that two other faces return: Senate Finance Committee Chair Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, and Sen. Jeff Wentworth,..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Big $$$ Ideas

The governor reaches for a legacy – is anybody listening?

"...– at least technically – from the state's campaign finance disclosure laws. The group's No. 1 goal that year..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Triumph in the Lege?

Lawmakers could pass tax legislation before it's curtains on Tuesday, handing the governor and lawmakers something to crow about when they return to the campaign trail

"...hold your breath, but the umpteenth special session on school finance just might be a success – if by..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Property Comes First

Tax plan progress?

"...are sending a clear message that we believe our school children should come first," the Democratic caucus wrote in..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from under the pink granite dome

"...to come up with a new funding solution for schools, but for now, an income tax just isn't in..."

July 1, 2005 News Column

Lege Notes

"...more gubernatorial than he has in prior attempts on school finance, unveiled his school funding plan during a news..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to have a statewide tax replace property taxes for school finance, a move intended to make its version of..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The State's Schoolyard Spats

Perry, Dewhurst, and Gallego all have their own plans

"...Officially, the pending special legislative session on public school finance remained up in the air this week, as..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Good Enough for Your Kid

The Lege considers the cost of an "adequate" public school education

"...to the level of proficiency currently prevalent in Texas schools. According to its own budget analysis, AISD is currently..."

March 12, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...than 40 years as a teacher in East Austin schools; upon her retirement, "Miss Conley" became a full-time advocate..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...resolved the $10 billion deficit with "no new taxes." Schoolteachers and school districts will be docked for insurance and..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• AISD announced the proposed closing of Webb Elementary School after three years of "unacceptable" Texas Assessment of Knowledge..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

An Education Only a Boss Could Love

Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2

"...unions, tempered praise from legislative leaders, cautious restraint from school administrators, and ... heads up, everybody ... an enthusiastic..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

The state of Texas, joined by poor school districts, are fighting a lawsuit in Travis County court that would get rid of the cap on property taxes mandated by the state's "Robin Hood" tax redistribution law.

"...to pay to preserve equity in the Texas public school system if the courts were to prohibit them from..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...their efforts. But none of them chair the Senate Finance Committee. Ratliff does, which gives him a lot more..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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