Section 48.001 - State Policy(a) It is the policy of this state that the provision of public education is a state responsibility and that a thorough and efficient system be provided and substantially financed through state revenue sources so that each student enrolled in the public school system shall have access to programs and services that are appropriate to the student's educational needs and that are substantially equal to those available to any similar student, notwithstanding varying local economic factors.(b) The public school finance system of this state shall adhere to a standard of neutrality that provides for substantially equal access to similar revenue per student at similar tax effort, considering all state and local tax revenues of districts after acknowledging all legitimate student and district cost differences.Tex. Educ. Code art. 48.001
Renumbered from Tex. Educ. Code § 42.001 by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 943,Sec. 1.013, eff. 9/1/2019.Subchapter heading added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 943,Sec. 1.012, eff. 9/1/2019.Chapter heading added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 943,Sec. 1.011, eff. 9/1/2019.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. 5/30/1995.