Monty Exter: Another Voice that Proclaims that our School Finance System is Broken and Lays the Blame at the Feet of our Lawmakers.
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Equity Center Radio | July 9, 2010 | Monty Exter of the Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) Discusses the Current State of Affairs Regarding the Broken System of Financing Education in the State of Texas.
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In today’s broadcast Lauren Cook interviews Monty Exter, a lobbyist with the Association of Texas Professional Educators ( ATPE). ATPE represents more than 115,000 educators across Texas.
Lauren and Monty discuss the current school finance system and how additional funding is necessary in order for Texas schoolchildren to succeed in Texas’ current accountability system, as well as for teachers to be aptly trained and to deliver the high-quality education Texans expect for their children. Monty also explains ATPE’s position on controversial issues like class size ratios and the recent Attorney General Opinion regarding teachers and PAC funding (You may read the AG’s Opinion by Clicking Here). Monty concludes by emphasizing the need for the education community to stand together and demand that the state legislature, even in the face of a budget shortfall, meet its commitment to funding public schools for all Texas children.

Monty Exter
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