Lawmakers take up school finance while waiting for court to rule

By Lauren McGaughy

October 24, 2014 | Updated: October 24, 2014 7:19pm

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By Lauren McGaughy

October 24, 2014 | Updated: October 24, 2014 7:19pm

AUSTIN - For the past several weeks, state lawmakers have been meeting to discuss how to better fund public education in the wake of a court ruling calling Texas' school finance system inequitable, inefficient and illegal.

Lauren McGaughy

Lauren McGaughy

Austin Bureau Reporter, Houston Chronicle

Lauren McGaughy

Lauren McGaughy

Austin Bureau Reporter, Houston Chronicle

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