The Bigger Picture: Understanding the Texas Revenue System

For more than twenty years, the  Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) has been a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better Texas economic and social conditions. In 2008, CPPP analysts Dick Lavine and Eva Castro published, an easy-to-digest booklet on Texas taxes and public spending to help you think about the challenges facing us as Texans. Our public systems and structures, such as our public education systems, help make this a great state, securing the common good for us all. This primer discusses what we need to do to ensure our continued prosperity. Given that school finance constitues well over one quarter of the budget, it is important to understand school finance within the context of the state buget. Below is a link to the primer: