HOW TEACHERS WERE MISLED

Teachers are the backbone of Texas.

They shape our children, our future, and our communities.

And yet… teachers are stressed, underpaid, overworked, and constantly told:

“If we reform property taxes, your schools will lose funding.”

This is not true.

This is not constitutional.

This is not what Article 7 says.

Teachers have been misled — not intentionally, but because the system is so broken that even experts no longer understand it.

Today, I want to explain the truth clearly, respectfully, and constitutionally.

⭐ THE TRUTH: TEACHERS DO NOT DEPEND ON PROPERTY TAXES — THEY DEPEND ON THE STATE

The Constitution does NOT say:

          •        “Counties must fund schools.”

          •        “Homeowners must carry the burden.”

          •        “Property taxes must support education.”

It says one thing:

“It shall be the duty of the Legislature to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of public free schools.”

— Article 7, Section 1

That means:

➡️ Teacher pay is a State responsibility.

➡️ School funding is a State responsibility.

➡️ A safe learning environment is a State responsibility.

Local taxes were NEVER meant to be the backbone of education

 For decades, the Legislature quietly shifted costs downward:

          •        From the State → to counties

          •        From the State → to homeowners

          •        From the State → to local districts

As the shift happened, people naturally believed:

“Schools are funded by property taxes.”

But this belief only exists because:

  The State abandoned Article 7.

Local taxes stepped in to fill the vacuum.

Teachers were never supposed to live paycheck to paycheck because of the Legislature’s failure.

THE FEAR THAT TEACHERS FEEL IS REAL — BUT THE CAUSE IS FALSE

Teachers worry:

“If property taxes are fixed, schools will collapse.”

No…

schools are collapsing because the Legislature violated Article 7.

Fixing property taxes does not hurt teachers.

Fixing the Legislature helps teachers.

The whole system begins and ends with Article 7.

TEACHERS DESERVE TRUTH AND RESPECT

I am running because:

          •        Teachers deserve stable State funding

          •        Teachers deserve clarity, not confusion

          •        Teachers deserve relief, not fear

          •        Teachers deserve respect, not misinformation

Texas teachers have carried the weight of a State failure for too long.

This must end.

CONCLUSION — A MESSAGE TO EVERY TEACHER IN TEXAS

You have been holding up the State for decades.

And the State has not been holding up its end of the Constitution.

You are not the problem.

You are the victims of a broken structure.

I am running to restore Article 7…

to restore fairness…

to restore funding…

and to restore dignity to the profession that built me.

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