Dallas ISD board member Ben Mackey said Thursday that state lawmakers’ massive $8.5 billion funding package passed in the recent session falls short of funding in place before COVID 19.
Mackey made his remarks during the Margaret J. Hirsch Women’s Forum, partnering with United to Learn and D Magazine. It took place at the Communities Foundation. The topic was school funding and this year’s legislative session.
Mackey said because state education funding hadn’t changed since 2019, the $8.5 billon was welcomed. He said Dallas ISD has operated a deficit budget for several years now, with progressively smaller budgets. This year the district was left with a $100 million deficit…