Texas House Democrats are proposing to spend much of the state’s record-setting surplus on public education by doling out $15 billion to boost funding for...
On Wednesday, House Democrats said they put forward an “Invest in Texas Children” plan to show what spending $15 billion to help the schools would look like.
When schools get more state aid, about half of it goes to increased pay for teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors and speech pathologists. So about $7 billion of the new spending would go to salary increases. Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, said switching to enrollment-based funding would cost $3 billion more in the next budget cycle.
While Democrats control only 64 seats in the 150-member chamber, Republicans will need some of their votes because GOP leaders want to sidestep around a “state tax spending limit” in the Texas Constitution.
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