Members of the HISD Board of Education and Superintendent Richard Carranza spent two full days in Austin, working with the state’s top leaders to address much-needed changes to Texas’ school finance system.

In late January, Board President Wanda Adams, Trustees Anna Eastman, Mike Lunceford, and Rhonda Skillern-Jones, and Superintendent Richard Carranza conducted a series of high-level meetings with key decision-makers in Austin, including HISD’s state senators and state representatives. 

“The HISD Board of Education and administration are united in our desire to work constructively with our state leaders to identify funding solutions that put children first,” Adams said. “We all agree that Texas’ school finance system was never intended to take classroom resources from our state’s most needy children.”

The Board’s legislative agenda, which can be found here, outlines proposed solutions to HISD’s school finance dilemma. Ultimately, the Board is advocating for any solution that helps the vast majority of school districts statewide.

Other legislative priorities on the Board’s legislative agenda are improving digital learning and broadband access statewide, as well as preserving local control.