Sbisd

Parents for Full & Fair Funding of Texas Public Schools (PF3) is a grassroots group of parents and concerned citizens who live in and send children to public schools in Spring Branch Independent School District a Chapter 41 Recapture District located in Houston, Texas. PF3 was formed in December 2016 in response to our district's crippling recaptur... e payment trajectory. We are well-informed and aware of what the State is doing (and not doing) with our school tax dollars. The time has come to hold Texas Legislators accountable. When parents take action, notice is taken, and change happens. The State of Texas is relying on school district tax dollars to help fund the States General Budget. This diversion of education dollars has placed an unsustainable burden on many school district budgets. In 2019, SBISD will send FOUR TIMES more funds to the State ($88M) than it will receive in State funding ($22M). Less-and-less funding is finding its way to public school education. This method is unsustainable, impacting our school districts and forcing administrators to make drastic decisions, like reducing staff and cutting programs. SBISD currently makes payments to the State based on taxes we are not even collecting. SBISD also makes payments to the State assuming we are only educating Pre-K students for half a day when we provide full-day Pre-K. And SBISD also bears the burden of 100% of our transportation costs. The State has a constitutional mandate to provide free public education, however, for far too long the State hasnt been ponying up its share of the money, and, has resorted to using taxpayers education dollars to fund non-educational budget items. Its time for the State to be a fair partner in the funding of Texas public schools and to keep education dollars in education.Read More