Schools considering lawsuit in face of cuts ....

An item in the Houston Chronicle:

Texas school districts are ready to sue the state again over funding but likely will wait to see what the state Legislature does this spring.

"School districts are so disgusted and fed up with this funding situation because it's the same thing year after year after year. We're ready to go," said John Folks, past president of the Texas Association of School Administrators. Folks is the superintendent of San Antonio's largest school district - Northside ISD - and former superintendent of Houston's Spring ISD.

School districts complain of funding disparities that create large differences - more than $20,000 per classroom - with neighboring school districts. They contend education funding is not keeping up with overhead costs and is insufficient to meet more rigorous academic standards.

At least 60 percent of school districts now are using reserve funds to help pay operating expenses, according to the Texas Association of School Boards.

Adding to educators' anxiety is the upcoming legislative session in which public school funding cuts are expected to be on the table
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