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TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Governance- or -
“Just who’s running this place?”
State Legislature Governor State Courts
State Board of Education
Local School Board
Superintendent
Principals
Texas Education Association
Commissioner of Education
State Constitution
Organizational
Structure of a Texas State School System
Texas School Governance
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY• http://www.education.sfasu.edu/ele/classe
s/abel/ncate_chap%2015/Structure_of_the_Texas_Education_System.html
TEXAS GOVERNOR
• Rick Perry• Lt. Governor • Commissioner of
Agriculture
• Bachelor of Animal Science
• Texas A & M• Served as Governor
since December 2000
STATE SENATOR
• Ken Paxton• McKinney (R)• District 8• Juris Doctorate• Lawyer • Served 5 terms in
House, Elected to Senate in 2012
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
• Jeff Leach• Plano (R)• District 67 • Elected 2012• B.S., Baylor
University; • J.D. Lawyer• Southern Methodist
University
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
• Jodie Laubenberg• Rockwall (R)• District 89• B.A. from UT• Business/Politician• Seniority:
first elected in 2002
STATE SENATOR
• Scott Sanford• McKinney (R)• District 70• B.B.A., MTax • Baylor University• Elected in 2012
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
• Elected from the community
• 18 years or older
• No other requirements
Local School Boards
• Plano ISD• http://www.pisd.ed
u/about.us/board.of.trustees/index.shtml
• McKinney ISD• http://www.mckinne
yisd.net/departments/board-of-trustees/
National Profile of School Board Members
TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Finance- or -
“Just Who’s Paying for All of This?””
Presented:
March 24, 2011
Percentage of Revenues from Federal, State & Local Sources
Funding Sources in Texas
State 32%
Local 60%
Federal 8%
Local School Property Taxes
• Maximum of $1.50 (plus interest payments) per $100 valuation of property.
• Divide Total Property Value by 100• Multiply the result by the Tax Rate• Property-Rich school districts have more
money per pupil to spend than Property-Poor Districts
State-Level School Funding
• Tier I : Average Daily Attendance Funding– Funding per pupil in attendance per school day
• Tier II : Recapture Funds – TEC Chapter 41 & 42 Definitions
• Tier III : Instructional Facilities Allotment– Only for Building Construction– Must be “Chapter 42” School District– Must have maximum local school tax rate– Voters must approve bond election for 15%
Texas Recapture Law
• Property-Rich districts send back part, all, or more of their State Allotment to equalize the spending per pupil between districts.
• Found to be inequitable by Texas Supreme Court
• Effectively a “State Property Tax”• No new plan in place yet.
Effects of the Inequity
• Students in more affluent districts still end up with more money being spent on their education
• Can you get the SAME education at 90% of the price? 80%? 70%?
• Equal spending vs. Equitable Spending• Are students from less affluent districts
(tend to be mainly ethnic minorities) receiving lower quality education?
Federal Money to the Rescue! Categorical v. Block Grants
CategoricalMoney must be
spent for designated purposes or categories
Title I & No Child Left Behind
BlockMoney is not
designated for special purposes and may be spent as receiver chooses
The “old” way of receiving Federal money
U.S. Secretary of Education
• Arne Duncan• CEO, Chicago Public
Schools • Education Non-Profits• Pro Basketball Player• Bachelor of Sociology
from Harvard• Term:
January 2009 through the “Pleasure of the President”
Key Provisions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001• Yearly standardized reading and
mathematics tests in grades 3-8• “Highly qualified” teacher in every classroom• Demonstrable progress toward academic
proficiency for all students in every state and school district
• Consequences for low-performing schools (Loss of Federal Money - ???)
