Dallas school leaders want state legislators to funnel more money to protect students, not to pay for school voucher proposals.
Texas schools currently get a roughly $10 per-student allotment for safety needs. Dallas ISD wants that bumped up to at least $200.
What DISD officials don’t want is any effort that would send money away from public schools to private schools.
These draft legislative priorities — discussed by the DISD trustees Thursday — foreshadow the fight public school officials are gearing up for on multiple fronts when lawmakers return to Austin in January.
School choice initiatives and a heightened focus on school security after the Uvalde massacre are the education issues likely to define a contentious legislative session.
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