News
Articles - September 13 - 19, 2004
Sunday,
September 19, 2004
Corpus Christi Caller Times
School
finance reform tops Texas' legislative agenda
Lawmakers hope to avoid raising property taxes
Houston Chronicle
School
funding: Property poor District in Valley has little wealth, rapid growth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Official:
State will fix school finance San Antonio Express News
Guerra:
Will state leaders rush to appeal school ruling?
Saturday,
September 18, 2004
El Paso Times
Perry
scoffs at school funding ruling
Dallas Morning News
State
leaders confer on school plan
El Paso Times
Judge's
school funding ruling helps El Paso
Friday,
September 17, 2004
Austin American Statesman
AAS:
Onus on State to fix school finance
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Ruling puts heat on state leaders
Houston Chronicle
Craddick
says business tax 'only' solution for school funding
San Antonio Express News
Saen:
Rather than appeal, fix school funding
Austin
American Statesman
McNeely:
Demographer was big factor in school decision
El Paso Times
Et:
Enough already with school finance crisis
El Paso Times
School funding deal will take a while
Gustavo Reveles Acosta and Erica Molina
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Let's get started
Thursday,
September 16, 2004 Dallas Morning News
W-H
voters to decide $68 million list
Some W-H officials say they never saw final details of school bonds
Dallas Morning News – September
16, 2004
No
quick windfall for schools
Austin-American Statesman
Judge: School funding system unconstitutional
Dietz gives state a year to fix it; state will appeal
Dallas Morning News
'Robin Hood' system rejected
School finance method unconstitutional, judge finds; state plans
appeal
Houston Chronicle
Judge overturns 'Robin Hood'
State to appeal finding that school financing is illegal
Dallas Morning News
Business leaders: Let's pay for schools
Local business leaders rally behind broad-based, equitable business
tax
San Antonio Express News
School
funding fix ordered
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Robin Hood plan loses in court
San
Antonio Express-News;AP
How Texas schools are currently funded
San Antonio Express-News
Remarks by State District Judge John Dietz
Fort
Worth Star Telegram
Educators praise ruling, brace for struggle
Wednesday,
September 15, 2004
Austin American Statesman
Lawmakers
have a ways to go on school finance Dallas Morning News
Perry
vows to work with legislature to solve school finance Austin American Statesman
Craddick: What Texas is doing to keep kids in school
Dallas Morning News; AP
Ruling expected in school finance trial
Houston Chronicle
CASEY: ARE RETIRED SCHOOL CHIEFS BILKING FUND?
Brownwood Bulletin
BISD wins top ranking for finances
Fort Worth Star Telegram; AP
Testimony ends in school finance trial
Houston Chronicle
Judge promises a decision no more than 2 hours after closing arguments
Tuesday,
September 14, 2004 Daily Texan
Dallas
schools investigated
School district's financial records in question
Amarillo Globe News
Schroder: Judge to rule this week in finance trial Austin American Statesman
Resignations of Wilmer-Hutchins school trustees sought
San Antonio Express News
Judge questions Texas schools grade
Austin American Statesman
Give districts a choice on health textbooks
Austin American Statesman
Expert praises Texas test scores
Virginia researcher says family background plays greater role in
education than school spending does.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas schools rank first, expert testifies
Dallas Morning News
W-H board meeting turns rowdy
Two African-American groups attend tense, rowdy meeting
Monday,
September 13, 2004 Fort Worth Star Telegram
'Robin
Hood' witness disputes money-performance link
Austin American Statesman
Ruling won't stop school finance debate
Lawmakers probably will face more pressure to fix system, even if
it's deemed constitutional
Fort Worth Star Telegram
School daze
KWTX
Testimony About Texas Dropout Rate Challenged
Austin American Statesman
Austin
school district voters approve 6 bond proposals
Forgione sees package's OK as 'vote of confidence |
