State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer expressed concerns Saturday about a lack of funding for public education in the GOP's proposed state budget.
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins talks in her office after she works on the Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee at the Capitol on March 5, 2019.This should be the year that Texas, at long last, fulfills its obligation to fully fund public education.
Texas sits at about $4,000 under the national average in per-student spending and consistently ranks among the worst states in the country in educational attainment. We underpay our teachers, and, unsurprisingly, we’re currently grappling with a teacher-attrition crisis.State lawmakers entered this budgeting cycle with a projected $32 billion revenue surplus and an unprecedentedly large $27 billion rainy day fund.
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