TEXAS EDUCATION

Texas projects state funding for schools to drop as local revenue grows

In a preliminary budget request, the Texas Education Agency revealed it expects the state to put less money into public education next year because of fast-increasing local property values.

By ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/12/18

An early projection has Texas decreasing state funding to public education, and largely using local taxes to fill the gap.

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