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Kelly Hancock: “We were in back when I was on the school board, to now it's…”

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

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Senator Kelly Hancock on Inside Texas Politics, WFAA What to expect in the 2019 legislative session

Published | Video Starts at 03:57

So you're having local property tax growth at twice the rate of the state spending, which gets you from a 50, 50 position, which We were in back when I was on the school board, to now it's a 60, 40 [state vs. local funding]. because frankly, the state and I don't think my voters want me to keep up with spending at the level that their appraised values are going up and their property taxes are going up. (03:57–04:32)

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Asserts that the funding balance between state and local sources for schools has shifted from 50/50 to 60/40.

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