E1: A 50-year-old court case still shapes Texas school funding today

E1: A 50-year-old court case still shapes Texas school funding today

San Antonio families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist.

E2: Why Texas school funding still isn’t fair

According to a TPR analysis of state data, even with recapture,today’s school funding system still isn’t fair. And, because the funding system is also really complicated, the ways it’s unfair aren’t very well understood.

E3: Urban school districts in Texas struggle to make ends meet despite record property wealth

Pretty much everything costs more than it did in 2019. But in Texas, the state’s public schools are still getting the same amount they were four years ago.

E4: ‘We didn’t make the rules:’ Texas school finance law gives some districts a big advantage

An obscure element of the Texas school finance system called Golden Pennies leaves a handful of districts with far more money than they need.