Commission Begins Discussing Texas School Finance Overhaul

AUSTIN (AP) — A special commission has begun discussing how to remake Texas’ school finance system, 18-plus months after the state Supreme Court declared it deeply flawed but still barely constitutional.
That ruling spared the Legislature from having to overhaul how Texas pays for educating around 5.3 million students. Instead, many top Republicans backed unsuccessful voucher plans offering public money to children attending private schools.
Gov. Greg Abbott then convened a bipartisa