Keith Bryant, President of the Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools (“TAMS”), Discusses the Major Finance Issues Surrounding Mid-Size School Districts with Wayne Pierce
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Equity Center Radio | June 11, 2010 | Keith Bryant Advocates for the Mid-Size School Formula
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Today’s broadcast features Keith Bryant, Superintendent of Bullard ISD and President of the Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools (TAMS). Keith previously served as Superintendent of Lamesa ISD. He may be reached at keith.bryant@bullardisd.net Prior to being named Superintendent in Lamesa, he was a teacher, Vocational Director, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent.
Dr. Wayne Pierce, Executive Director of the Equity Center, speaks with Keith about TAMS, which represents 230 districts across Texas. They discuss the diseconomies of scale that exist among districts and the importance of the mid-sized adjustment, a funding allotment enacted by the Texas Legislature in 1995. [You can read the legislative language by clicking Allotment Here ] The mid-sized adjustment provides much needed funding for school districts with enrollment of 1,600 to 5,000 students, and was phased in to full implementation by 2001.
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