A Few Words From Fund Texas Schools

If you haven’t clicked on the BlogAd at right and shown your support for funding Texas schools appropriately, please do so. Here’s some news from the folks running the petition drive:

Today, supporters of neighborhood public schools announced that their electronic petition demanding billions more for Texas schools is attracting broad public support. “In just a few days, we have collected over 5,000 signatures and the numbers are growing rapidly every day. Our petition has hit a nerve with Texans: the public wants more money for our children’s teachers and schools and will not settle for a multi-billion tax swap,” according to Fred Lewis, one of the petition organizers.
Petition supporters want the Legislature to raise funding for Texas teachers and schools to the national average. According to the latest study by the National Education Association, Texas spends $1479 less per student and $6799 less per teacher than the national average– even though Texas’ disproportionately disadvantaged student population is more costly to educate. “Texans want a first-rate education system that prepares all our children to be leaders in the global economy. We expect lawmakers to make sound investments for our state’s future, not play shell games for short-term political gains,” said Bee Moorhead of Texas Impact.

The groups participating in the electronic petition drive include the Baptist Christian Life Commission, Citizens Commission on Education Excellence, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Driving Democracy, Friends of Public Schools, National Council of Jewish Women-Texas State Public Affairs, People for the American Way, Texas AFL-CIO, Texas Education Crisis Coalition, Texas Freedom Network, Texas Impact, and Texas LULAC.

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