EDAD 608

Which piece of legislation replaced the state per capita funding system with one base on a school district's ability to raise revenue and introduce the concept of average daily attendance as a basis for determining financial benefits.

• HB 72

• Senate Bill 7

• Gilmer Akins Act

• SB 1982

Prior to 2019 how many golden pennies were available to school districts to enhance their revenue?

• 9

• 8

• 6

• 7

In the foundation school program, which tier funds approximately $9 out of every 10 of the current total funding in the school finance system?

• 1

• 2

As the economy recovered and real estate prices rose after the great recession, the local funding share has either remained constant or increased or decreased or doubled relative to the state funding share owing primarily to the mechanics of the school funding formula, known as the foundation school program.

• remained constant

• decreased

• doubled

• increased

In what year were the Gilmore Aikin laws passed?

• 1949

• 1946

• 1939

• 1999

The Robin Hood plan (Recapture) was a result of what court ruling?

• county education

• Senate Bill 7

• HB72

• West-Cove Orange Case

The West Orange Cove case resulted in the compression of the property tax rate from approximately what amount to approximately what amount?

• $1.00 to $.50

• $1.50 to $1.00

• $1.00 to $2.00

• $2.00 to $1.00

 County Education districts were established through what legislation in 1991? For what purpose?

• The Legislature passes S.B. 7— to compress property tax rates from $1.50 to $1.00 due to the West Orange Cove case.

• The Legislature passes S.B. 351—creating county education districts (CEDs) within which school districts would share the revenue raised from their tax bases up to a specified tax rate.

What was the West Orange Cove case about?

• A challenge to the constitutionality of the Texas school finance as it existed in 2004, it aslo declared the system unconstitutional ruling that the $1.50 maximum was an unconstitutional state property tax and ordered the state to pick up a larger share of cost , ruling resulted in HB1

• Created by the Texas Constitution of 1876, the ASF is made up of interest and earnings generated by the state's Permanent School Fund. This fund can be used only to support public education and must be distributed based on a per capita basis to school districts.

What is the difference between the available school fund and the permanent school fund?

• Created by the Texas Constitution of 1876, the ASF is made up of interest and earnings generated by the state's Permanent School Fund. This fund can be used only to support public education and must be distributed based on a per capita basis to school districts.

• A challenge to the constitutionality of the Texas school finance as it existed in 2004, it aslo declared the system unconstitutional ruling that the $1.50 maximum was an unconstitutional state property tax and ordered the state to pick up a larger share of cost , ruling resulted in HB1