Texas has moved up slightly in per-pupil spending among the states, after the Legislature added funding last year. But it still ranks in the bottom five states, a new report shows.
Texas spends an average of $8,998 per student this school year, 46th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a comparison by the National Education Association shows. That is well under the national average of $11,674.
That’s an improvement from last year, when the state ranked 49th. But it could be a blow to the state’s effort to fend off a suit from more than 600 school districts. They contend that the current Texas school finance system is unconstitutional because funding is inadequate to meet state standards and is distributed unfairly…
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