Just over a year after voters rejected their last spending proposal as too extravagant, Allen school district officials are proposing a scaled-back bond package that spends about half as much. But local property taxpayers—whose school tax bills have gone up 38 percent...
UPDATE 6/26/20 11:43 AM: Dallas ISD third-grade teacher Brittnay Connor contacted Texas Scorecard regarding her quote in this article and clarified her stance as strongly supporting the use of taxpayer-backed school debt for supporting the LGBTQ agenda. This...
The influence of pro-bond school vendors that profited from a North Texas school district’s taxpayer debt is more massive than was previously believed. In addition to influencing this year’s bond election, the same vendors are also shown to be currently influencing...
One of the fastest-growing school districts in the DFW metroplex is asking voters to approve over a billion dollars in new taxpayer-backed debt to keep pace with burgeoning student enrollment. Prosper Independent School District trustees put a $1.337 billion bond...
We’ve written extensively regarding Texas’ local debt epidemic. But don’t take our word for it. Both the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the State Comptroller have been analyzing government data in an effort to educate the public regarding the wildly...
