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Senate bill would centralize school bond, tax and project data at TEA
Summary
Senator Lois Kolkhorst, chairing the Senate Committee on Education, introduced Senate Bill 8 43 to require a centralized, public database at the Texas Education Agency that would compile detailed information about school district bond elections, tax rates and the capital projects those bonds fund.
Senator Lois Kolkhorst, chairing the Senate Committee on Education, introduced Senate Bill 8 43 to require a centralized, public database at the Texas Education Agency that would compile detailed information about school district bond elections, tax rates and the capital projects those bonds fund.
The bill’s sponsor and supporting witnesses said the state once maintained similar information at the comptroller’s office and that restoring a single repository would improve transparency for voters who approve local school debt. “Over $88,000,000,000 in school tax elections for…
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