The top local stories this morning from KERA News:
The way Texas funds public education will be a big focus of a joint, two-day hearing of two State House Committees.
The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled the school finance system as constitutional, but complicated, and urged lawmakers to make improvements.
According to the Texas Tribune, House Speaker Joe Straus ordered the Public Education and Appropriations committees to study two key provisions of the state’s school finance system ahead of the 2017 legislative session.
Over the next two days, the committees will look at how Texas uses local property taxes to fund public education and how it effects taxpayers and educational quality.
The committees will also examine the state’s reliance on the so-called Robin Hood plan, in which wealthier, property-rich school districts send money to bolster poorer districts.
Other stories this morning:
- 100 people gathered in a north Fort Worth church last night to call for a convention of states. Convening a convention of states will not be easy. Two-thirds of state legislatures would have to call for a convention. Then three-fourths of states would have to approve any new amendments drafted at the convention.
- Doctors say in cases of trauma, bleeding out is the biggest preventable cause of death -- and it typically happens before patients even make it to the hospital.
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