Issue Position: Property Taxes

Issue Position

The largest portion of property taxes isn't from cities or counties but our school districts, because budget cycle after budget cycle, the Texas Legislature has failed to adequately fund our schools. If the state does not increase it's share of funding to 50 percent, like it used to do, then either our schools will crumble or local taxpayers will continue to pick up the tab. In addition, capping property taxes from local jurisdictions, including our cities and school districts, undermines their ability to function and provide core services. Rundown schools, not having enough fire and police, and traffic gridlock are not a solution to our affordability crisis. Our kids' education and our communities' futures are too important for smoke and mirrors politics and cynical policy-making that fails to get to the root of the problem.

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