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Kelly Hancock: “As we lower property taxes, the state's investment in our…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Senator Kelly Hancock Discusses Property Tax Reduction and Education Funding in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 01:21

As we lower property taxes, the state's investment in our local schools and the local school districts and those students and those children, the state has to offset that. So As we lower property taxes, the state's investment in our education system offsets those revenues. The need for those revenues doesn't disappear, the need for those revenues goes. And so we've not only have we fully funded through that exchange where local revenues stayed, local … (01:21–01:29)

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Asserts that the state offsets revenue losses from lower property taxes with increased investment in education.

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