Both initiatives, if passed, would amend the Texas Constitution in a way that economists say could help slow down property tax increases.
. Yes — they are confusing. That’s something lawmakers and experts agree on.
Proposition 1, for example, is 77-words long, and includes phrases such as “successor rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes.” Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, said the situation was “sad because it's our constituents that may be getting confused, but it was out of trying to do a positive thing.”Before we answer that question, let’s briefly go over what each one would do.
Dick Lavine, senior fiscal analyst with the left-leaning think tank Every Texan, said school districts would be no worse off if both amendments pass.However, he told The Texas Newsroom schools wouldn’t be better off, either.
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