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Texas School Finance’s Biggest Misunderstanding | Recapture Isn’t Robin Hood

Texas schools paid nearly $3 billion in recapture last year. Yet most Texans still believe that money is sent directly from wealthy school districts to poorer ones. It's not that simple. I sat down with Justin McKenzie for The Building Texas Show, and about twenty minutes in, I shared that I've stopped calling recapture "Robin Hood." Robin Hood describes why recapture was created, but it no longer accurately describes how it operates.

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Bender named Executive Director of Texas School Coalition

Education savings accounts will force taxpayers to subsidize private schools that are not required to follow student safety guidelines, do not adhere to federal protections for students in special education, and are not transparent with their use of public dollars.

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