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</div></div><div class="cm-story-headline "><h1>House education chairman pitches major school finance change</h1><div class="cm-story-meta"><span class="cm-timestamp"></span> 3:46 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 | Filed in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.statesman.com/s/news/texas/">State</a></div></div><div class="cm-story-share" data-lnk="http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/house-education-chairman-pitches-major-school-fina/njmdh/" data-summary="State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, a Killeen Republican who chairs the House Public Education Committee, filed a bill Monday aimed at fixing inequities in the school finance system by consolidating all 1,200 of the state’s school districts “for tax purposes only.”“Once the taxable wealth disparity is removed it becomes a simpler matter to appropriate,” funding, Aycock wrote in a letter to his colleagues in the Legislature announcing the legislation.“This would be..." data-headline="House education chairman pitches major school finance change"><a href="#" class="cm-share cm-share-facebook" title="Share on Facebook" target="_blank"></a><a href="#" class="cm-share cm-share-twitter" title="Share on Twitter" target="_blank"></a><a href="#" class="cm-share cm-share-icon" data-placement="bottom" tabindex="0"></a><a href="#" class="cm-story-comments"> Comments <span class="cm-comment-count">0</span></a></div></div><div class="cm-story-content"><div class="cm-column-835 cm-tablet-column-675 cm-column-no-pad cm-column-no-margin"> <div class="cm-video-ndn"><div class="ndn_embed" id="ndn-video-player-1" data-config-distributor-id="90105"></div></div><div class="cm-column-220 cm-tablet-column-615 cm-column-no-pad cm-column-centered-row cm-story-nophoto"><div class="referral-box cm-tablet-hide"><div class="cm-referral-box"><div class="cm-referral-inner"><div class="cm-referral-logo"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.mystatesman.com/" target="_blank">MyStatesman</a></div><div class="cm-primary-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.mystatesman.com/s/interactives/" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147im_/http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/img/photos/2014/11/25/20/75/wardens182x80.jpg" width="218" height="163"></a><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.mystatesman.com/s/interactives/" target="_blank" style="color:#a31e24; line-height: 1.1em;">Get complete, in-depth analysis and more with our interactives</a></p></div><div class="cm-view-more"><p>Access to MyStatesman included for Statesman subscribers.</p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.mystatesman.com/" target="_blank" class="cm-section-btn cm-btn-more"> Explore</a></div></div></div><style> .cm-referral-logo a { color: #1368b2 !important; font-size: 24px !important; } body.cm-RP01-250 .cm-referral-box, body.cm-RP01-600 .cm-referral-box, body.cm-page-section.cm-RP01-250 .cm-referral-box, body.cm-page-section.cm-RP01-600 .cm-referral-box { background: #fff; } .cm-referral-logo > a { font: bold 28px arial; color: #1368b2; } </style></div></div><div class="cm-column-590 cm-tablet-column-615 cm-column-no-pad cm-column-centered-row"><div class="cm-story-body cm-story-nophoto"><span class="cm-story-dateline"><p>State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, a Killeen Republican who chairs the House Public Education Committee, filed a bill Monday aimed at fixing inequities in the school finance system by consolidating all 1,200 of the state’s school districts “for tax purposes only.”</p><p>“Once the taxable wealth disparity is removed it becomes a simpler matter to appropriate,” funding, Aycock wrote in a letter to his colleagues in the Legislature announcing the legislation.</p><p>“This would be a major departure from present law and would require much thought and modification,” he noted.</p><p>Aycock and other insiders have said a complete overhaul of the school finance system is unlikely during this year’s legislative session, which begins Tuesday, as lawmakers wait to see if the state Supreme Court upholds a ruling from an Austin district court judge who found the state’s school finance system unconstitutional. A ruling from the high court is not expected before late next year.</p><p>Aycock said Monday that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309112147/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB654" target="_blank">his bill</a> is meant simply to be a “conversation starter,” so that lawmakers will be more prepared if a decision comes down that requires major fixes.</p><p>“I don’t even know that I want this bill to pass necessarily,” he said. “I want to hear what members think about it and I want them to look at it, think about it and (I want to) get comments on it.”</p><p>Aycock said he also sent the bill to various education groups focused on school finance, including the Equity Center, which represents nearly 700 school districts.</p><p>Tedrah Robertson, the center’s director of public affairs, said the staff is still were working through the bill to determine whether they want to endorse it. However, she wholeheartedly welcomed the move.</p><p>“We’re glad to see that he is starting the conversation now with members and he’s not waiting until a Supreme Court decision and he’s not waiting until a special session,” she said. “There’s a lot of work ahead of us and it is encouraging to see that we’re starting now.”</p><p>The bill is not Aycock’s first effort to jump-start school finance talks. 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