History+of+Texas+School+Finance

__ Consensus __ __Top 3 Historical Events in School Finance from Jesus Uranga, Tom Wales, Bart Walters and Anthony Watson__:

1. The Constitution of 1845 provided for the establishment of free schools and called for state taxes to support education with 1/10 of revenue to support education. This became the basis of the Permanent School Fund. 2. The Constitution of 1876 established the Permanent and Available School Funds.. This document contained important language which stated the legislature must establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools. 3. The Gilmer-Aiken Laws impacted several different aspects of education. These laws made changes or creation in areas such as taxes for education, teacher salaries, State Board of Ed structure, formalized the school year, and most importantly it moved the responsibility of public education to the State.This was also the first true organized approach to the state supplementing local taxes in an attempt to adequately fund public education.

3 Historical Events from Tom Wales:

1. Texas Declaration of Independence after declaring independence from Mexico. One of the reasons for succession was, "No system of public education has been established." This demonstrates a strong desire for education and the willingness to fight for change for something as important as education.

2. Constitution of 1845 that established free schools and called for taxes to support education with 1/10 of revenue to support education. This became the basis of the Permanent School Fund.

3. Gilmer-Aiken Laws impacted several different aspects of education. These laws made changes or creation in areas such as taxes for education, teacher salaries, State Board of Ed structure, formalized the school year, and most importantly it moved the responsibility of public education to the State.

Top 3 historical events from Jesus Uranga

1. 1824 Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States provided for the establishment of elementary schools in Texas. Even though the schools were never established, it was the first attempt at putting some type of education system in place.

2. 1845 New Texas Constitution provided for the establishment of free schools and called for state taxes to support education. Also provided the basis for the Permanent School Fund.

3. 1949 Gilmer-Aiken Laws came into effect. These laws helped formalized the school year and brought structure to how the State Board of Education and Commissioner of Education were selected.

3 Historical Events from Bart Walters

1. Constitution of 1845- establishment of free schools and established state taxes to support education. One-tenth of state revenue was set aside for educational purposes.

2. Constitution of 1876- established the Permanent and Available School Funds. This document contained important language which stated the legislature must establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.

3. Gilmer-Aiken Laws - established an organized approach to adequately fund public education. The laws impacted how schools operated and how schools were funded.

3 Historical Events from Anthony Watson

1. 1876 establishment of the Permanent and Available School Funds 2. 1949 Gilmer-Aiken Law to make public schools more efficient and better funded. 1st true organized approach to state supplementing local taxes in attempt to adequately fund public education. 3. 1984 Edgewood v. Kirby lawsuit which led to the Senate Bill 1 formation