Texas School Finance Resources

Dear readers,

Below is a listing of pertinent materials realting to the School Finance Cases currently being heard before the the Honorable John K. Dietz.  This blog will continue to provide updated information and links as the trial proceeds. 

Updates on the trial can also be followed via my personal Facebook page and Twitter @xicanasoul

- Patricia

ORIGINAL PETITIONS

MALDEF Original Petition

Thompson & Horton Original Petition

Texas Taxpayer & Student Coalition Petition

Haynes & Boone Original Petition

School Choice Original Petition

MEDIA

Houston Chronicle— School board members criticize state funding

Dallas Morning-News— Inequities in taxes, spending per pupil detailed in school finance trial

The Republic—Texas school board members complain of inequities in finance system that relies on property

San Antonio Express-News— Texas school funding returns to the courts again

Texas News— School finance expert: Texas funding is not enough to meet standards

Huffington Post— Texas School Funding Must Increase By $8 Billion Per Year To Meet State's Rigorous New Academic Standards, Expert Says

Fort Worth Star-Telegram— STAARS impact estimated in  millions 

EducationViews— Schools face an $8 billion dilemma

San Antonio Express-News— Funding crisis to worsen

Fort Worth Star-Telegram— Editorial: school finance will move slowly towards an explosive end 

Longview News-Journal— Finance lawsuit will change system

Houston Chronicle— Editorial: Texas needs to get its act together on school finance 

Dallas Morning News— Editorial: schools have strong funding case

Washington Post— Education key to earning power

Longview News-Journal— Editorial: lawsuit highlights sad state of public school funding

Fort Worth Star-Telegram— Education could avert tax losses

San Antonio Express-News— Arguments start in school funding trial

Waco.YNN.com,— Population boom at center of school finance trial

Houston Chronicle— Major school finance trial gets underway in Austin

San Antonio Express-News— Schools, state begin battle in court again

Amarillo Globe-News—Education funding lawsuit: Sides ready for opening courtsalvo

 Associated Press— School finance case to focus on demographics shift

San Antonio Express-News— School finance reform will require margins tax reform

Austin American-Statesman— Equity in Texas school funding returns to fore in court

Longview News-Journal— Schools take state to court

Austin American-Statesman— School finance trial could spill into January 2013

Texas Tribune— An Updated Guide to School Finance Lawsuits

Texas Tribune— Charter Schools, Parents to File School-Finance Suit

KHOU— Trial date set for Texas school finance lawsuits

The Navasota Examiner— District cuts positions, joins school finance lawsuit

Burnt Orange Report— School finance lawsuits get rolling

The Texas Tribune— Some districts don’t have money to join school finance lawsuit

TexasInsider— Funding lawsuit takes first step forward

Austin American-Statesman— Judge, litigants getting set for complex school finance trial

Houston Chronicle— Judge eyes October school funding trial

Dallas Morning News— Judge warns lawyers in school finance case to work quickly

Texas Tribune— A Guide to the Texas School Finance Lawsuits

Texas Tribune— Fifth Texas School Finance Suit Focuses on Efficiency

Austin American-Statesman— Charter school group wants to be part of school finance lawsuit

San Antonio Express-News— SCUC joins funding suit against state

Houston Chronicle— Budget cuts crowd classrooms

Austin American Statesman— State property values up slightly

Plugerville Pflag— City Council backs PISD’s lawsuit against the state

Texas Observer— We're Not Gonna Take It: Texas' starving school districts lawyer up for (another) epic battle for survival

Corsicana Daily Sun— CISD joins legal action

Your Houston News— HISD counsel: Don’t look to lawsuits vs. state to help with schools' budget crisis for at least 2 years , 

Houston Chronicle— School funding debate, lawsuits never seem to end

Weatherford Star-Telegram— Record number of Texas school districts sues state for funding

Texas Tribune— Navigating the Texas School Finance Lawsuits

Austin American-Statesman— Largest school finance lawsuit in Texas takes shape

Houston Chronicle— Houston, Cy-Fair among latest school districts to sue state

KSAT— MALDEF sues Texas over school finance 

KSAT— MALDEF seeks to force solution to school finance problems

Houston Chronicle— More districts jump into school funding lawsuit fray

San Antonio Express-News— Edgewood joins new school finance suit

Amarillo Globe-News— 2 more school districts join funding lawsuits

Dallas Morning News— Dallas ISD joins districts that plan to sue state over school funding system

Amarillo Globe-News— Funding formula angers teachers

Texas Tribune— Government by Lawsuit Gives Cover to Texas Lawmakers

Austin Chronicle— School Lawsuits Multiply

River Oaks Examiner— Harvin Moore: Why turning to courts to untangle Texas school finance mess is necessary

Dallas Morning News— Editorial: A grand bargain for our schools

Fort Worth Star-Telegram— Texas schools still seek fair state funding formula

Before it's News— MALDEF Sues Texas For Inadequate Education of Latino Children in State

Texas Tribune— Texas Facing at Least Two School Funding Lawsuits

OTHER DOCS

Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) Fair Funding Now Campaign

MALDEF calls first witness to the stand in Texas school finance case: Superintendent Antonio Limon

Moak, Casey litigation update

Equity Center Press Release School Finance Lawsuit Assigned to Judge Dietz  01/18/2012

Thompson & Horton LLP Most diverse group of school districts with largest student population ever files school finance lawsuit 

Texas Education Agency Documents on School Finance