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By Susan Parrott
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DALLAS — Taxpayers suing school dis
tricts over the state’s school finance system
are fighting a Dallas judge’s decision to
move their litigation to Austin.
The taxpayers sued Highland Park,
Richardson, Irving and Dallas school dis
tricts, arguing that the so-called Robin Hood
system is unconstitutional because it is
essentially a statewide property tax. Forty-
two property-poor districts joined the defen
dants in the suit as “interveners.”
In a hearing Wednesday before the Fifth
District Court of Appeals, the plaintiffs said
they deserve to have the suit heard in Dallas
County, where they live and where the orig
inal four defendants are located.
In October, State District Judge Anne
Ashby transferred the case to Travis County
and combined it with similar suits.
Jeff Boyd, a lawyer with the state
Attorney General’s office, told the three-jus
tice appeals panel that Travis County is the
appropriate venue because the case has
statewide impact.
“This is a suit asking for a court to say
the whole statewide school system is uncon
stitutional,” Boyd said. “The suit has noth
ing to do with Dallas.”
But plaintiff David Hopson said taxpay
ers have not directly sued a state entity. In
addition, he said, the case may be set on
more neutral ground in Dallas because sim
ilar suits tried in Austin have failed.
“Conventional wisdom says Travis
County has been unfair to taxpayers in school
finance suits,” said Hopson, .who has a
teenager attending private school in Dallas.
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This is a suit asking for a
court to say the whole
statewide school system is un
constitutional
behind and need more money foredw
The state’s 118 wealthier distm
also pleading poverty. Many havet
local property tax rates to the legal|
making it hard to get more money and:
ing them to cut programs and jobs.
Plaintiff’s attorney Tom Ttw
none of the 46 districts involved ini
have requested a change of venue.
He said that although legislate
wrestling the issue, school finances
be reformed without timely court actin
“The legislature has never fixedii
will never step up and bite the b
some court tells them to step up andt*
bullet,” he said.
— Jeff Boyd
lawyer in the state Attorney General's
office
to disarm, ha
The House Public Iulucation ComBhides behind
voted Tuesday to get rid of the statess
funding system, sending a bill by Edi.Wtion in the pa<
Chairman Kent Grusendorf to the Hi ber includec
floor, where all 150 members will te graphs, inte
chance to vote on it.
The bill would end Robin Hood in! cers and
The panel will rule on the change of
venue after hearing arguments.
Robin Hood is the name critics gave the
state’s $26 billion-a-year school-funding
system, which takes money from property
wealthy districts and gives it to poorer ones
as a method of giving all 4.1 million Texas
school children an equal education.
Still, many poor schools say they lag
hut does not propose an alternative
The state constitution prohibits It
from having an income tax or a state pro;
ty tax. Schools are primarily funded
local property taxes and state money.
The shifting of money from richtoi
districts has been the subject of several:
battles, including challenges by wealtlp
tricts. A lawsuit filed by the Highland!
district is pending in state district cowl
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