House Committee on Public School Finance, Select - 78th R.S. (2003)
Committee Members
- Kent Grusendorf, Chair
- Vilma Luna, Vice Chair
- Dennis Bonnen
- Dan Branch
- Dianne White Delisi
- Harold V. Dutton, Jr.
- Rob Eissler
- Timoteo Garza
- Helen Giddings
- Bob Griggs
- Peggy Hamric
- Talmadge Heflin
- Harvey Hilderbran
- Fred Hill
- Ruben Hope, Jr.
- Carl Isett
- Elizabeth Ames Jones
- Jim Keffer
- Mike Krusee
- Glenn Lewis
- Jerry Madden
- Kenny Marchant
- Brian McCall
- René O. Oliveira
- Jim Pitts
- Allan Ritter
- David Swinford
- Mike Villarreal
- Ron Wilson
Charges
- Devise a school finance system that promotes success for all Texas children.
- Use the constitutional requirements outlined in Edgewood IV as a starting point for developing a new school finance system; Texas cannot afford to retreat on equity.
- Include rational cost adjustments for uncontrollable variations in the costs of education due to geography, scale, and the needs of students.
- Create incentives for improved student performance and cost-effective operation.
- Recommend fairer methods of finance that will sustain Texas schools for the long term and that will substantially increase the state's share of funding for public education.
Notes
Appointed by Speaker proclamation 4/29/2003.
Representatives Bonnen, Dutton, Eissler, Hilderbran, Isett, and McCall appointed by the Speaker 6/23/03.
Ron Wilson (Member) resigned July 31, 2004.
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