Rural school leaders criticize business incentive bill

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Superintendents of rural Texas schools on Monday criticized legislation that would incentivize corporate investment with property tax privileges, citing concerns the bill's exclusion of renewable energy projects would hurt their areas.House Bill 5 by Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, aims to attract large manufacturing and energy operations to Texas by facilitating agreements between them and local school districts regarding property tax breaks.The bill is intended as an an