News
Articles - April 19 - 25, 2004
Sunday
April 25, 2004
Dallas Morning News
Tax writers eye businesses
Austin American Statesman
Cigarette
Tax Increase Considered to Fund Schools
Austin American-Statesman
Plan
for funding schools critiqued
Use of 55% passing rate as basis for proposal is criticized
Houston Chronicle
Study:
Education plan lacking
San Antonio Express-News
Timeline:
Texas School Finance Litigation
San Antonio Express-News
Casting
Stones in Austin: Governor's Plan is Shattered
San Antonio Express News
'Robin
Hood' Tried to Fix Broken System
McAllen Monitor
Funding
for School Construction Touted for House Bill
Houston Chronicle
Longing
for True 'Reform' Days of 1984
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Slots
Could be Racetrack Bonanza
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The
Insider Perry Prefers Taxes on Unhealthy Behavior
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A
Simple Solution for School Woes
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Estimates
Show Funding Increase Under House Plan
Brownsville Herald
Rep.
Hill Proposes Guidelines on School Construction
Austin American Statesman
Capitol
Hears from 'Full Blast' Strayhorn
Dallas Morning News
Isd's
Plead for Local Property Taxes
Austin American-Statesman
Strange
Bedfellows: Look Who's Lining Up to Fight Slots Proposal
Austin American-Statesman
Editorial
Questioning The Ethics of Perry's Bahamas Trips
Abilene Reporter News
Vouchers
Emerge on Session's Agenda
Saturday
April 24, 2004
Dallas Morning News
State
Tax for Schools Gaining Favor
Fort
Worth Star Telegram
New
school finance plan sketched
Houston
Chronicle
Texas
school districts join forces to avert new tax
San Antonio Express-News
Nader
Raps War, Perry's 'Sin Tax'
San Antonio Express-News
Customers
End Up Paying Business Tax
San Antonio Express News
GOP
Representatives Prepare Answer for Perry
San Antonio Express News
Activity
Tax has Business Leaders Worried
News 8 Austin
House
Debuts Plan to Solve School Finance
KWTX
Texas
House Leaders Could Unveil School Finance Plan
Saturday
Houston Chronicle
Amid
Special Session, Perry finds Little Cover
Houston Chronicle
Texas
House Unveils Money Distribution Plan
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Slots
Could Generate Big Money for Race Tracks, State
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Estimates
Show Plan's Increases
Fort Worth Star Telegram
When
More is Less: Don't Gamble on the Governor's
Reasoning
El Paso Times
School
Finance Dispute Heats up Between Perry, Strayhorn
Dallas Morning News
The
Special Session: Fixing Education Finance
Dallas Morning News
Tribe
Seeking to Protect Casino
Dallas Morning News
Backers
of Slots Plan Exploring Ways to Help Kickapoos
Compete
Dallas Morning News
Ex-Official
Hopeful on Financing
Dallas Morning News
More
Teachers Considering Quitting
Associated Press, News 24 Houston
Groups
Unite in Support of School Finance System
Associated Press, Miami-Herald
Nader
Criticizes Perry Over School Finance Plan
Amarillo Globe News
Business
People Comment about School Finance Reform
Friday
April 23, 2004
Corpus Christi
School
Finance, Meet Sin Tax
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Grusendorf to Roll Out School Finance Plan Saturday
Austin American Statesman
Perry Plan has $2.6 Billion in Windfalls
Dallas Morning News
Plan Calls for Flat Amount per Pupil
San Antonio Express News
Criticism from Allies for Perry School Plan
Austin American Statesman
Perry budget pulls money from past, future
Austin American Statesman
Perry talks schools while covered in suntan oil
Brownsville Herald
Education Committee Discussess Teacher Incentives
Dallas Morning News,
WFAA – TV
Poorer districts see other side of Robin Hood
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The Job in Austin
Fort Worth Star Telegram
New school funding plan in works
Grusendorf's proposal is expected
to differ from Gov. Perry's
Houston Chronicle
HC: Perry's School Plan is an Embarrassment for Texas
Houston Chronicle
Perry School Plan Put on Back Burner
San Antonio Express News
Strip Club Crowd Questions Perry School Plan
San Antonio Express News
Criticism from Allies for Perry School Plan
Scripts Howard (Austin
Bureau), Abilene Reporter News
Legislator defends teacher incentives
Thursday
April 22, 2004
Quorum Report
Rich-Poor School District Coalition Says Robin Hood not the Problem
Austin American Statesman
State
Income Tax is Viable Alternative for Schools
Houston Chronicle
Strayhorn Proposes Ban on Alcohol Sales at Strip Clubs
Associated Press
Perry says He Would Like to See Voucher Bill
Austin American Statesman
Tax on Polluting Vehicles Proposed to Fund Education
Austin American-Statesman
Strayhorn:
Shut down the topless bars
Austin Chronicle
Special Session will be a Study in Power, Politics
Abilene Reporter News
Perry seeks school-voucher bill from session
Associated Press
Perry: Strayhorn tries 'blowing up' session
Austin American-Statesman
Teacher of the Year calls for school finance ideas
Austin Chronicle
Is Perry or Strayhorn Out of Control?
Brownsville Valley Morning Star
Point Isabel ISD faces financial dilemma
Ironic: Superintendent pushed for Robin Hood prior to arriving
in Valley.
Dallas Morning News
Strayhorn Blasts Topless Tax; Perry says Will Deter 'Distaseful'
Activity
Dallas Morning News
Business Tax for School Floated
Dallas Morning News
Murchison: Education about More than Money
El Paso Times
Ept: Bipartisanship is Key to School Finance Solution
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Perry-Strayhorn feud over budget escalates Fort Worth Star Telegram
Baptist Group Says
Perry Plan Would Expand Gambling
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Perry's school financing plan
Houston Chronicle
Governor, comptroller spar as session opens
Laredo Morning Times
Perry: Strayhorn tries 'blowing up' special session
Oakland Tribune
Texas governor wants to finance education with sin tax
Texas wants to finance readin' and writin' with writhin'
San Antonio Express News
Guerra: Instaed of Grandstanding, Do Something Meaningful for Kids
Wednesday
April 21, 2004
Valley Morning Star
Panel
given school finance draft proposal
Some Valley legislators want Robin Hood plan kept in some form
Dallas Morning News
Sparring opens special session
Perry, Strayhorn continue to duel over
school finance plan figures Fort
Worth Star Telegram
State has poor record
on education-finance reform
Houston Chronicle
General Principles for
Conservatives School Finance: Education Spending and Taxation
Houston Chronicle
Comptroller blasts Perry's
school plan
Says children will pay for it 'for the rest of their lives'
San Antonio Express-News
Editorial: Forget no-tax pledge; remember the children
Dallas Morning News
The Special Session: Fixing education finance
Dallas Morning News
Former leaders say chance for school finance accord is grim
San Antonio Express News
Editorial: Broad business tax offers true reform
News 8 Austin
Dewhurst
addresses educators about school finance
Tuesday
April 20, 2004
Beaumont Enterprise
From
rich to the poor no more?
Austin American Statesman
Strayhorn raps Perry plan
Austin American Statesman
House speaker won't
endorse Perry's plan
Austin American Statesman
We will forever be seeking a solution on school finance
Dallas Morning News
Perry urges 'consensus, not combat' on school finance reform
San Antonio Express-News
State funding crisis looming for schools Austin
American Statesman
Lawmakers back in Austin to address school finance
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Caller Times: Perry Plan is Deeply Flawed
Pasadena Citizen
Superintendents offer alternatives to governor's proposed financial
plan
The Midland Reporter-Telegram
Special
Session on Education Finance Reform ...
History weighs heavily on special session
Monday April 19, 2004
Dallas
Morning News
School
Finance Solution is Elusive
Dallas Morning News
Perry: Don't let vouchers derail school plan
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Officials: Finance should be focus
Fort Worth Star
Telegram
Sadler:
No Permanent School Solution in Sight
Houston Chronicle
Anti-Tax
Pledges May Conflict with Need for School Finance Reforms
San Antonio
Express News
Grusendorf
Meets with Legislators Prior to Session
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