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Budget cuts, class sizes, and removing teacher safeguards (HB 400): Dooming the future of Texas « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

Budget cuts, class sizes, and removing teacher safeguards (HB 400): Dooming the future of Texas « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

Budget cuts, class sizes, and removing teacher safeguards (HB 400): Dooming the future of Texas

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Dr. Ed Fuller

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Education cuts are happening around the country and Texas is by no means immune from this phenomenon. Indeed, Texas arguably is facing the largest deficit of any state in the union. Yet, despite a surplus of money in the rainy day fund, opportunities to raise revenue by retracting subsidies to certain sectors of the economy, and fixing the structural deficit to raise the revenue promised by Governor Perry in 2006, our Governor and Legislature believe they have a mandate to decimate school funding for the foreseeable future. Indeed, for the first time in 27 years, we wil