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Royce West: “Dallas, Houston now in the recapture system, recognizing the…”

Featuring: Royce West, Democratic | Texas State Senate, District 23

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

Published | Video Starts at 04:50

The recapture system is doing away with Robin Hood. Does that mean doing away with equity? You know, I think that's got to be on the table because when you have, like Dallas, Houston now in the recapture system, recognizing the complexity of the educational issues that they have, there's a problem with that recapture system. And so that has to be on the table. Does everyone need to be out of that system? I don't know, but I know that was part of the discussion that we had with the commission. (04:50–04:59)

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Asserts that Dallas and Houston are in the recapture system and there are issues with it.

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