Golden Pennies

Many Texas families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist. Texas Public Radio's education reporter, Camille Phillips, explains the problem and why it's been difficult to solve.

An obscure element of the Texas school finance system called Golden Pennies leaves a handful of districts with far more money than they need.

Pretty much everything costs more than it did in 2019. But in Texas, the state’s public schools are still getting the same amount they were four years ago.

San Antonio families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist.