Superintendent
Lauds Work
of Advisory Councils, Outlines Legislative Priorities
April 25, 2006
 Superintendent
of Schools Dr. Doug Otto commended members of several district
advisory committees for their dedication to support the mission
of Plano schools.
“You
are willing to be that ‘essential
piece’ to complete the picture of Plano ISD - to ask, ‘How
can we make every child the best, no matter what his/her inate
abilities?,’” he said during the district’s April
20 Advisory Committee Breakfast.
“We have a remarkable school
district, thanks to a community of courageous men and women like
you who are involved in our educational system and share their
talents and resources to benefit students.”
Legislative
Priorities
Dr.
Otto’s
address to the group of district administrators, school personnel
and community and business leaders, focused on the Texas Legislature’s
Special Session on School Finance currently underway in Austin.
He
reinforced Plano ISD’s priorities for legislators, which focus on property tax relief
and allowing schools to have meaningful discretion in setting budgets.
“$146
million is going out of Plano ISD in recapture payments to the state, roughly
34% of taxes collected to support education in Plano,” he emphasized. “Had
the Texas Coalition of Schools not filed suit in 2001 against the state for
its school funding system, there would be no tax reform.”
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