January 2019 Committee of the Full Board Tuesday Item 8
January 2019 Committee of the Full Board Tuesday Item 8
Texas Commission on Public School Finance Update
January 29, 2019
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: The committee will receive an update on the work of the Texas Commission on Public School Finance.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: House Bill 21, 85th Texas Legislature, 1st Called Special Session (2017), established the Texas Commission on Public School Finance to develop and make recommendations for improvements to the current public school finance system. The commission spent the past year studying school funding issues and issued a final report to the Texas Legislature in December. State Board of Education member Keven Ellis, who served as vice chair of the commission, will provide an update on the work of the commission and on the recommendations it has made.
Staff Members Responsible:
Debbie Graves Ratcliffe, Executive Director, Division of State Board of Education Support
January 29, 2019
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: The committee will receive an update on the work of the Texas Commission on Public School Finance.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: House Bill 21, 85th Texas Legislature, 1st Called Special Session (2017), established the Texas Commission on Public School Finance to develop and make recommendations for improvements to the current public school finance system. The commission spent the past year studying school funding issues and issued a final report to the Texas Legislature in December. State Board of Education member Keven Ellis, who served as vice chair of the commission, will provide an update on the work of the commission and on the recommendations it has made.
Staff Members Responsible:
Debbie Graves Ratcliffe, Executive Director, Division of State Board of Education Support