Democrats say the reason to put so much money into schools is because Texas ranks 43rd in funding for each student.," which was filed Thursday. The Senate already approved a plan, but it's a fraction of what Democrats want to spend.
State Rep. James Talarico, who now represents parts of Austin, worked as a middle school teacher in a classroom with 45 kids. The bill also calls for $2 billion to be pumped into special education along with funding schools based on enrollment instead of attendance. Lastly, it has inflation built into future funding.'No to voucher schemes!' | More Texas advocacy groups battle against school vouchers
Lawmakers in the Senate agree public schools need more money. Last week, the upper chamber passed its school finance bill,"The teacher retention payment for small districts those with less than 5,000 students will receive $10,000 per teacher, while larger districts will see an allocation of $3,000 per teacher," Creighton said."With a $75 increase in the basic allotment, we're eliminating restrictions on its expenditure and the guardrails for how that money is used.
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