Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar says the state has collected more from insurance premiums that he had previously predicted. He suggested lawmakers invest more in teacher pay raises.
Alexandra Suich Bass speaks with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar about the challenges and opportunities for the world's ninth-largest economy at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 22, 2023., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“We have to reserve part of this because of the unknown,” Hegar said in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival. “But with that being said, ”We need to take advantage [and] invest in public education,” Hegar said in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival. We need to invest in our teachers. We need to invest in those that are front line, that are educating the future workforce.”
During the regular session this year, lawmakers approved $4.5 billion in new spending for schools to use for programs like teacher pay raises, but it was tied to highly divisive legislation that would have created a voucher program letting some parents use that money for private school tuition. The teacher pay raises died when the voucher program died, but lawmakers have a chance to revive them both in October.
The state collects taxes on those premiums, which increased dramatically in recent months, Hegar said.
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