One of the governor's own top priorities -- expanding free preschool to more school districts -- now moves to the "maybe someday" list. It may end up on the list of things state government just can't afford to provide.That’s true. We can’t afford to provide the educational services available in Abbott districts to equally poor kids who live elsewhere. This hard reality decimates the new School Funding Formula, which is supposed to provide equity by distributing school aid based on personal income, not zip code. The Ledger suggests that the answer lies in “severely slash(ing) the aid that props up local government,” i.e., “more sharing services, less spreading taxpayer money around to campaign contributors.”
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