AUSTIN — School districts argued in court Monday that Texas’ school finance system is so inefficient and unfair that it violates the state constitution. The schools were reacting in part to lawmakers’ cutting $5.4 billion from public schools nearly 18 months ago. But the districts’ lawyers say simply restoring funding to previous levels won’t be enough to fix the fundamentally flawed way Texas pays for public education. They point out that the cuts have come even as the state requires schools to prepare students for standardized tests that are getting more difficult, and amid a statewide boom in the number of low-income students that are especially costly to educate. District attorneys told...
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