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Platinum Sponsor 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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War and Rumors of War Equity Center’s 15th Annual School Finance & Legislative Workshop
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A World Class Education for All Texas Children
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A World Class Education for All Texas Children
Aspirational Practical? 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Before anything else, EFFICIENCY is Absolutely Key to the Solution
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Every dollar spent, must address a state-recognized cost.
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$2,000,000,000 every year is spent without regard to a state-recognized cost.
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Is there any wonder we don’t have enough money to fully fund Bilingual Education?
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Is there any wonder we don’t have enough money to provide all small districts with the funding the state already recognizes as necessary? 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Is there any wonder we don’t have enough money to update the Cost-of-Education Index?
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Is there any wonder we don’t have enough money to increase the Basic Allotment?
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We need greater efficiency in how the state distributes the money it is already spending?
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World Class requires a sacrifice, but even more, it requires a real-world commitment.
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Our children, their ability to make Texas competitive on a global stage in the future, matter more than the politics of today. 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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What we have been doing has broken the system.
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We should probably stop doing it.
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The Basic Allotment is BASIC to School Funding.
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Basic Allotments since 2009
School Year Maximum Basic Allotment $4,765 $4,950 $5,040 $275 Increase (5.8%) in two years! 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Basic Allotments since 2009
School Year Maximum Basic Allotment $4,765 $4,950 $5,040 $275 Increase (5.8%) in 5 years 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Hypothetical 2% Increase since 2009
School Year Maximum Basic Allotment $4,765 $4,860 $4,958 $5,057 $5,158 $5,261 $496 increase (10.4%) 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Hypothetical 1.0113% Increase since 2009
School Year Maximum Basic Allotment $4,765 $4,819 $4,873 $4,928 $4,984 $5,040 $275 Increase (5.8%) 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Basic Allotment Over Six Years Annual vs. Actual Periodic Increases
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Basic Allotment Over Six Years Annual vs. Actual Periodic Increases
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Tier 1 Poor and Tier 2 Rich 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Tier 1 Poor and Tier 2 Rich 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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$35 GL Unchanged Since 1999 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Litigation 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Revenue per WADA at Adopted Tax Rate
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Average Adopted Tax Rates
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Local Option Homestead Exemption
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Classroom Disadvantage
$43,845 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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El Paso ISD and Glen Rose ISD
$72,359 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Trying to Justify an Unfair Advantage
Districts with high funding levels before equity Mediocrity 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Trying to Justify an Unfair Advantage
Districts with high funding levels before equity Mediocrity Districts with even LOWER funding levels before equity 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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One Texas 01/25/2015 Equity Center
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Equity Center Standing Up for Texas Taxpayers and Children
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