According to the LBB summary of the conference committee on HB1...
In 2010-2011 ALL FUNDS, public education spending was 53.701
billion.
In the 2012-2013 ALL FUNDS, public education
spending would be 53.826 billion.
In the 2010-2011 GR FUNDS, public education spending was at
33.783 billion.
In the 2012-2013 GR FUNDS, public education spending would
be at 36.827 billion.
Now, compare to the total spending...
ALL FUNDS total spending: 187.498 billion in 2010-2011
ALL FUNDS total spending: 172.345 billion in 2012-2013
That's a reduction of $15.153 billion, or 8.1% cut.
GR FUNDS total spending: 82.078 billion in 2010-2011
GR FUNDS total spending: 80.466 billion in 2012-2013
That's a reduction of $1.6 billion, or a 2% cut.
So public education is getting .2% more ALL FUNDS money in the
new biennium than the current. And public education is getting 9%
more GR FUNDS money in the new biennium than the current.
Meanwhile, both ALL FUNDS total and GR FUNDS total are being cut
8.1% and 2%, respectively.
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Michael Quinn Sullivan
President, Empower Texans / Texans for Fiscal Responsibility