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Residents urge state funding boost for schools, oppose vouchers during citizen comments
Summary
Two residents addressed the council during citizen input to urge higher state funding for public schools, call for changes to recapture and enrollment-based funding, and oppose vouchers; they cited local district deficits and statewide figures.
Two residents used the citizen comment period at the Colony City Council meeting to urge action on school funding at the state level and to oppose vouchers.
Chris Waddell (address given in the record) told council that public schools in Texas are "at breaking point" and argued that the state must raise the basic allotment per student and tie it to inflation. He said the per-student basic…
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