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EchotaBaaa wrote: "Why not just raise local taxes and raise 6 billion? Oh i forgot, Liberals don't like to pay."
It's obvious that you don't understand how school funding works in the state of Texas. I'll keep it brief...
The Texas legislature determines the basic allotment per student and also determines adjustment factors for various areas within the state to account for items like cost of living, cost of real estate, etc.
They also calculate how much each school district should raise in terms of property taxes...If the district raises too little, then the state will withhold funding from other sources...If it raises too much, then the state will take the excess.
For FY 24-25, it's estimated that AISD will raise $1.775 billion; and of, almost half (46%), will be sent to the state, where they'll use it to fund schools elsewhere in the state or for other state operations. AISD will only get to keep 54 cents out of every tax dollar they raise.
The other issue is that the adjustment factors haven't been changed by the state to reflect the true cost of living in Austin.
Are Austinites greedy? No...the state hasn't left them with adequate funding for their schools. That's the real issue.
