In response to concerns over funding for school construction, the state of Texas has implemented two programs to assist school districts with construction related debt. This paper examines whether these programs have accomplished their objectives of reducing property taxes (the EDA program) and...

Because of tax relief measures, Texas school districts have lost a little over $4 billion in tax revenues, or 23.4 percent of their tax revenue potential, the author says. Tax relief measures for agricultural property have the greatest impact on the poorest school districts, while residential...