There have been a number of school closures in the Houston area this academic school year, and the districts are saying it's because they're getting not the same amount of money, especially for people as students are leaving public schools. So to be clear, The funding per pupil remains the same. The number of pupil, number of pupils is going down. There are various reasons for that. There are areas that had public schools where now businesses are locating as opposed to residences, and therefore there are fewer students there. (09:11–09:15)
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