I had an interesting conversation with a colleague in regards to the recent TEA school reports that were released two weeks ago. They noticed how the majority of the High Schools in the Southern Sector of Dallas were rated academically unacceptable. They went on to ask me what my thoughts were about the situation and I was like a loaded cannon waiting to explode, because I think we just let this pass us by as business as usual with no questions or concerns. I then went to give my top three reasons for this lack of performance of students. I ranked them in this order 1) School finance 2) Parent accountability 3) Community values and expectations. For this blog I will focus on School Finance. With my colleague not being from Texas I went back and grabbed the old Robin Hood Plan. For those of you who don’t know what impact the Robin Hood Plan made on school districts please read the plan below:
Chapter 41 of the Texas Education Code made provisions for certain school districts to share their local tax revenue with other school districts. For the purposes of the school finance system in Texas, districts are designated as either property wealthy or property poor. The relative wealth of the school district is measured in terms of the taxable value of property that lies within the school district borders divided by the number of students in weighted average daily attendance (WADA). Chapter 41's provisions are sometimes referred to as the "share the wealth" or "Robin Hood" plan because districts that are deemed to be property wealthy are required to share their wealth with property-poor school districts. The funds that are distributed by the property-wealthy districts are "recaptured" by the school finance system to assist with financing of public education in school districts that are property poor.After explaining the plan my colleague immediately stated that the plan was unfair, because they would be paying for something they didn’t create. So my question to my readers is this, what are you willing to sacrifice to ensure our state is providing the best education for all children.
Peace and Blessings
Kevin Mondy
The reasons of the school investment scheme in Texas, localities are designated as either property rich or house poor. The relation riches of the school locality is assessed in periods of the taxable worth of house that lies inside the school locality boundaries split up by the number of scholars in weighted mean every day attendance. The government should try this Tx Land For Sale.
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