The Texas House is taking up several measures aimed at reforming the state’s school finance system. It’s one of the issues that prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to call the special session.
What do these measures propose? How are they different from the ones up for consideration during the regular session? And how would they change the ways in which schools are funded?
Chandra Villanueva, senior policy analyst with the Center for Public Policy Priorities, lays out the details of the proposed measures.