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Page 10 The Battalion Tuesday, February 19,195 AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate Education Committee approved a bill Monday to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in local prop- the transition period would “sugarcoat the pill” ialth. Senate committee OKs school finance phase-in erty tax revenue from rich to poor school dis tricts, but agreed to phase in the change over four years. Sen. Carl Parker, committee chairman and sponsor of the school finance reform bill, said for school districts with high property wealtf “In fairness to the wealthy districts, we didn’t give them any reason to believe for many years that that (revenue) wouldn’t continue forever,” said Parker, D-Port Arthur. “The tragedy of it is we’re going to disrupt some really great pro grams.” The bill would redistribute an estimated $480 million in local tax money when fully im plemented, according to a Texas Education Agency analysis. About one-quarter of the money would be shifted each year under the phase-in plan. Every school district would be required to tax at the same minimum rate, and they could tax more to pay for facilities or to raise extra money for programs. No school district could earn more than another at a given local property tax rate. The state faces an April 1 Texas Supreme Court deadline to make equitable funding avail able to poor school districts or face an order to cut off state public education funds. The system declared unconstitutional by the court relies on state aid, local property taxes and some federal money. Under Parker’s bill, local property tax money would be redistributed among districts within 20 regions. If a constitutional amendment is ap proved, the money could be redistributed among school districts statewide. The bill, approved 9-2 by the committee I might be taken up Tuesday or Wednesday tjj the full Senate, Parker said. The proposedcot,! stitutional amendment is on Tuesday's SenaaI schedule. 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