School Finance
Wimberly Group Rally's to change mid-sized adjustment
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May 15, 2008, 08:31

On Thursday May 15 at 11:30 a.m. members of Texans for School Finance Reform, State Rep. Patrick Rose, Village of Wimberley community members, other school and student leaders of Wimberley High School will meet in the Speaker's Committee Room, 2W.6 Capitol
Building, with a facsimile check for $30 million, the estimated
annual amount needed from the state to fund the adjustment
for Chapter 41 districts.This Rally for Mid-Size Schools will include
members of other mid-sized districts.

Texans for School Finance Reform and State Rep. Patrick Rose are
working together to build support for extending the adjustment to Chapter 41 schools. State Rep. Patrick Rose is leading
the effort in the Texas House and is building a coalition of
legislators across the state. He will update the event attendees on
his progress.

The Robin Hood Finance plan takes money from so-called "rich
districts" and distributes it to so-called "poor districts." Many mid-
sized schools, such as Wimberley Independent School District, are
unfairly penalized because of the law and have to cut or severely
reduce programs such as Music, Art, Choir, Spanish, Teen Leadership,
and other elective classes in order to be in compliance with the law.
Teacher raises have also been a large part of the cutbacks.

The Texans for School Finance Reform group hope to bring attention to
this unfair situation and hope to keep it in the forefront of the
next legislative session that will start in the Spring of 2009. If
you have any questions concerning the Rally for Mid-Size Schools
please contact:

Traci Maxwell
Texans for School Finance Reform
(512) 393-9996
TexansforSchoolFina <mailto:TexansforSchoolFinanceReform%40yahoo.com>
nceRef...@yahoo.com
OR
Mireya Zapata
Office of State Rep. Patrick M. Rose
(512) 463-0647 or (512) 426-2212
mireya.zapata@ <mailto:mireya.zapata%40house.state.tx.us> house.state.tx.us