TEXAS EDUCATION
Analysis: Property taxes rise, state education spending falls. That's the design.
Early discussions about the next state budget include an old and politically hazardous debate: Property values are rising, meaning the local share of education spending will rise while the state share drops.
By ROSS RAMSEY, The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/14/18
The state’s budget situation improves as the financial load on Texas property owners increases. That makes for noisy and gnarly politics.
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