More education than you can shake a stick at

The Senate took up and passed CSHB2 today. They are now adjourned until Wednesday.

The problem still lies in bridging the gap between the two houses. This is an amended version of HB2, passed in the House two days ago, and includes

Major gaps exist between the two plans, mostly in funding methods and formulas which would give some school districts more money and some less. Shapiro said the Senate plan provides an additional $2.9 billion in funding for schools during the next two years, along with the $3,000-per-teacher pay increase in the same period.

During debate, senators lamented that they were not able to provide bigger pay raises for teachers, and that additional money could not be pumped into facilities and programs that will benefit students.

"But this bill makes a strong statement about equity and that is extremely important for Texas," said Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville. "This bill is better than the House version. If we can't stick to our guns, then no bill is better than a bad bill."

This "better bill" has 21 days to be reconciled with the House version, otherwise we will end up with no bill, and possibly another special session. The kids are counting on you.

If I were going to place a bet on whether the Special is successful, I would have to put all my money on "No." Maybe it's because I'm seriously pessimistic, or because I'm a realist who thinks the Republicans will never get their act together on this issue. Who knows.

Chris Bell is still sounding off on what we really need to be talking about, making schools better instead of trying to figure out another tax break for wealthy landowners. He's also asking for your thoughts, so click on over.

Comments

[MajorDad1984]

I try not to weigh in on things that I don't know that much about...but I have to say something about the state of education in this country.

1. Throwing money at the problem (if there is one) hasn't solved it yet.

2. Why can't they run schools at the manning levels that they did 30 years ago? Seems like I turned out okay in a high school that had an administrative staff of about 12 just fine. (That includes front office, guidance office and janitorial staffers. Enrollment about 500.)

3. Have all the counselors, technologists, and other self important staffers done anything positive? I cringe when I visit school websites, view the district manning rosters and the like. Why don't we "outsource" things like school networks and computer labs? Anyone that would work for what the school's pay...can't be that good, otherwise they'd be working in Austin.

Sorry, not convinced that we're not spending enough on students...we're just giving the money to the wrong people. Teachers on the front lines need pay raises, the adminstrators (those who can't or won't teach) need to return to the food service industry where their contributions will be realized.

See you on the high ground!

MajorDad1984

P.S. Oh yeah, you parents out there need to do some work with your kids...for free!

[asdas]

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