Billions of dollars meant for funding Texas’ public education system is spent on a vast network of vendors, administrators, consultants, lobbyists, associations, and political organizations that work together to squander taxpayer money.
The third episode in TPPF’s video series, “Suitable Provision: An Inside Look at Education Spending in Texas,” explains how school officials and insider groups have rigged the system to ensure that money always comes in, taxes always go up, and there’s no accountability for how it’s spent.
“The Profiteers” details the way Texas school districts steer billions of dollars in lucrative contracts to preferred vendors, contractors, consultants, and lobbyists at the behest of powerful and coercive quasi-governmental associations, like the Texas Association of School Boards.
The profiteers then use the earnings from their contracts to benefit the association’s membership, as well as bankroll a network of political front groups that advocate in the legislature for more and more funding, all while student performance declines.