The District That Plays by Different Rules

Written By Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy

South Texas ISD collects both local property taxes and full state aid while paying zero recapture. A 1963 legislative loophole, $226 million in cumulative surpluses, and a Texas Supreme Court fight over a tax that voters last approved in 1974, for a different purpose.

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Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy
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