Blog 3

I read one commentary titled The Texas School Finance Challenge from Austin American Statesman. I thought that the author's intended audience is people who are interested in education, especially live in "property poor" school districts. Also, the author's credibility is pretty reliable because they are Democrats representing Austin in the Texas House. In the article, the authors talk about a financial problem of the school. The main argument is that Texas government should consider improving the adequacy and efficiency of the school finance system for equitable funding for kids. One evidence supports their claim, which is that campus-level funding for Texas public schools has decreased. According to the National Education Association, an estimate of their funding is $2300 less per student than other state's average. Moreover, they insist that the government give more problems to local taxpayers for school funding because the government contributes only a third of the funding for school districts, and it is less than before. In addition to the funding problem, charter school state aid is also one of the issues that the government should consider. Despite the low student share of the charter schools, their state aid increased $1.467 billion. On the other hand, state aid to traditional school districts decreased by $2.6 billion. In my opinion, I agree with the author's opinion because I personally think getting an education is the most basic but essential right that every people have.  Financial problems in schools can have a direct impact on students and quality of education, so it is significant for the government to deal with it. The Texas government have enough financial advantage, I believe that they will monitor and solve this problem.