I Am Fighting to Protect Teacher Salaries — Here’s the Truth Under the Texas Constitution

There’s been a lot of fear circulating lately around public education in Texas. Some are claiming that teachers will be defunded or that schools will be bankrupted if unconstitutional taxation systems are challenged.

That claim is simply not true.

Teachers are protected under the Texas Constitution. Public education funding is not optional — it is a constitutional requirement. Schools must be funded, and teachers must be paid. That obligation does not disappear because Texans question how money is collected or distributed.

In fact, if anything, I am fighting to protect and save teacher salaries.

The real issue facing Texas education is not teachers or classrooms — it’s an unconstitutional system that overtaxes homeowners and allows money to be diverted, wasted, or filtered through layers of bureaucracy before it ever reaches students or educators.

Fear-based messaging hurts teachers. It distracts parents. And it protects special interests that benefit from the current system staying broken.

Texans can do two things at the same time:

• Protect teachers and classrooms

• Uphold the Texas Constitution

Those goals are not in conflict — they belong together.

Teachers deserve stability, respect, and honesty. Parents deserve transparency. And Texans deserve a system that funds education without violating constitutional limits or punishing homeowners.

That’s the truth. And that’s why I’m fighting.