Texas Wants to Know: Why some school districts oppose ‘Robin Hood' funding

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Over the last two months, several Texas school districts have discussed putting an end to sending recapture payments, or “Robinhood money” to the state. In this week’s episode of Texas Wants to Know, find out why two districts have voted not to send the money at all next year.

said."They’re obviously frustrated because the legislature didn’t do anything to help school districts financially. They didn’t make any tweaks to funding, they haven’t raised the basic allotment since before the pandemic, despite the record-setting inflation we’ve had over the last several years."

Robin Hood started in the early 1980s to help districts in parts of the state that don’t receive as much money in local property taxes as those in more densely populated areas. "The school finance formula is complicated, but it essentially guarantees a certain entitlement for school districts,"

 

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