cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38901183
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.”
Roll his mad ass down the Capitol steps and block him from rolling back in
No one’s tax dollars should be sent to private schools.
GQP: “Fuck them kids”
What’s the GQP? I liked Gang of Pedophiles.
“No Child’s Behind Left”
Genetically perfect, financially well off children (read white) never left behind
"We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat” Freeman [an advisor to Reagan] said. “That’s dynamite! We nave to be selective on who we allow to go through (higher education). If not, we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people. That’s what happened in Germany. I saw it happen.’
