Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Today the Texas House and Senate made history with the agreement to modernize and improve the states school finance system and I want to applaud all of the Members and Senators who worked tirelessly to craft legislation that puts more money into classrooms gives every Texas teacher a raise improves the STAAR test and provides significant property tax relief."
I look forward to working with all 19 school districts in Senate District 4 to ensure that the plan implementation is smooth and teachers are getting the resources they need. This system has only been reformed 3 times in the 84 years and these major reforms will benefit all Texas schools families and businesses. I look forward to supporting this historic bill on final passage in the Senate."
The bill House Bill 3 in linked to Senate Bill 2 the principal property tax relief bill of the session which Senator Creighton is an author and chief negotiator.
The Texas School Finance Plan Includes:
- Up to a $4000.00 raise for all Texas teachers
- Puts more money into classrooms
- Adopts programs to ensure Texas 3rd Graders are reading at grade level
- Improvements to the STAAR exams
- $3.6 billion reduction of recapture/ Robin Hood
- $5 billion for property tax relief which will increase annually
- $4.5 billion for public education reform putting more money into classrooms