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Volume 5, Number 5Holiday 2015

Understanding Texas School Finance

InDepthPublished Quarterly

Fall 2015Equity Center InDepth 1

Each year, the Texas Education Agency sends “official Chapter 41 notification” letters to school districts impacted by that rating.

There was a time in our school finance history when being classified as a Chapter 41 district meant you were a very wealthy district, at least in terms of property value per weighted student. That wealth brought with it a tremendous impact and enabled a district to raise substantially higher levels of revenue per WADA (weighted students in average daily attendance), at lower tax effort. That is why the inequities we have pointed out in the Wealth Hold-Harmless and Target Revenue

provisions exist—to enable those districts to maintain their advantages.

However, the creation of the Tier 2 copper penny level changed the impact of that definition. The yield in Tier 2 was originally set at $31.95 per WADA ($319,500 recapture level)—and is still there—so many districts of average or slightly above average wealth are now branded as Chapter 41, yet they gain little or no advantage from it.

In fact, as the table below shows, by TEA’s calculation, of the districts TEA projects to be Chapter 41 in 2015-16 school year, 213 have a wealth level below the recapture level of Continued on page 2.

Sounding More & More Familiar

You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore

In our Fall 2015 InDepth issue, Jeanette Winn, Karnes City ISD superintendent and Equity Center Regional Director, wrote an article explaining why, even though the explosion of the Eagle Ford Shale exploration and development has made KCISD a Chapter 41 district, she remains a loyal supporter and member of the Equity Center.

KCISD’s story is a familiar one, especially as more and more districts find themselves being identified by TEA as Chapter 41. As a result, we wanted to take a closer look at Texas’ school finance system and explain why being classified as a Chapter 41 district now has a completely different impact and meaning when compared to those districts who were

originally classified as Wealth Hold-Harmless Chapter 41 districts.

Perhaps a little history on the topic will help us remember what has happened, and how dysfunctional our school finance system has become. Chapter 41 was originally created as a response to the third Edgewood school finance trial. At the time, there was a single level of wealth—$280,000 per WADA—that determined whether or not a district would be classified as Chapter 41. If your wealth was below the $280,000 per WADA level, your district was under Chapter 42, and in the formula system. If your district was above it, you were classified as a Continued on page 8.

Projected To Be Chapter 41 Districts in 2015-16 Districts Not Recaptured in Tier 1

Chapter 41 Districts Only If Charging Tuition on

Transfer Students

385 213 10

100% 55% 3%

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You Don’t Bring Me Flowers... (cont.)

Tier 1 ($514,000 per WADA) and only face recapture if they access any Tier 2 copper pennies. In addition, 10 districts will only be “41” districts if they charge tuition for transfers, and thereby lose the ability to count those transfer students in the TEA calculation of wealth per WADA.

Based on the latest TEA near final data for 2014-15, there were 346 districts labeled as Chapter 41. However, after state aid and recapture were netted out—exactly the way TEA calculates every other districts formula amount and then nets out the per capita—only 128 of the 346 districts actually sent more money to the State than they received in state aid. Additionally, the State netted about $1.2 billion from recapture. The $1.5 billion in recapture some claim does not take into consideration the state revenue they receive. These 128 districts still maintain substantially more revenue per WADA at substantially lower tax rates than the vast majority of districts.

Coincidentally, if being a Chapter 41 district, and paying recapture, are so problematic, fixing it is easy. All that is required is to increase the guaranteed level (and, correspondingly, the equalized wealth level) in Tier 1 and Tier 2 to a reasonable level. Fact: Every increase in the Basic Allotment of Tier 1 and the Guaranteed Yield level of Tier 2 reduces the number of Chapter 41 districts and reduces recapture.

Bottom line, if for this biennium, the State had raised the Tier 2 yield per WADA and made it equivalent to the yield in Tier 1, (an equalized wealth level for both Tier 1 and 2 of $514,000 per WADA) the number of districts classified as Chapter 41 for this year would have dropped from 346 to 172—about half.

Under the current system, we have four different guaranteed yields and equalized wealth levels. It’s about time we do something to fix the real problems. Isn’t the real standard supposed to be equal yield for equal effort?

Number of Chapter 41 Districts in 2014-15

Number of Districts Recaptured, Net Of

Their State Aid

Total Amount of Recapture, Net of

State AidAverage Revenue

per WADAAverage M&O

Tax Rate

346 128 $1,201,183,566 $7,735* $1.019

“The Leftovers” (1,019 - 128 = 891

districts)$5,980 $1.082

*Revenue per WADA level after recapture

Happy Holidaysfrom the

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2015-2016 Equity Center Executive Committee

Paul Clore Gregory-Portland ISD

President

Brian Gray Union Grove ISD

Vice President, Membership

Past President

Russ Perry Agua Dulce ISD

First Vice President

Charles Dupre Fort Bend ISD

Gonzalo Salazar Los Fresnos ISD

Vice President, ProgramVice President, Finance

Randy Reid Keller ISD

Secretary/Treasurer

Monty Hysinger Dumas ISD



2015-2016 Regional Directors

Esperanza Zendejas

Brownsville ISD

Region 1

Rey Villarreal La Feria ISD

Region 1

Walter Jackson Brenham ISD

Region 6

Elizabeth Saenz West Oso ISD

Region 2

James Wilcox Longview ISD

Region 7

Lynn Burton Orange Grove ISD

Region 2

Bryan Lee Central Heights ISD

Region 7

Susan Kincannon Belton ISD

Region 12

Robert Jaklich Victoria ISD

Region 3

Jerry Vaughn Taylor ISD

Region 13

Tom Crowe Ector County ISD

Region 18

Berhl Robertson Lubbock ISD

Region 17

Randy Moczygemba

New Braunfels ISD

Region 13

Joey Light Wylie ISD

Region 14

Juan Cabrera El Paso ISD

Region 19

Keith Scharnhorst Clyde ISD

Region 14

Sylvia Hopp San Elizario ISD

Region 19

Andy Peters Marfa ISD

Region 18

Timothy Cuff Caldwell ISD

Region 6

Tom Woody Vernon ISD

Region 9



Dana West Amarillo ISD

Region 16

Matt Adams Peaster ISD

Region 11

Steve Post Tulia ISD

Region 16

Sharon Shields La Vega ISD

Region 12

Julee Becker Slaton ISD

Region 17

2015-2016 Regional Directors

H.D. Chambers Alief ISD

Region 4

Wanda Bamberg Aldine ISD

Region 4

Steve Pyburn Crowell ISD

Region 9

Mark Porterie Port Arthur ISD

Region 5

Robert Gibson Miles ISD

Region 15

Nobert Rodriguez Pearsall ISD

Region 20

Micheal French Terrell ISD

Region 10

John Fryar Veribest ISD

Region 15

Mike King Bridge City ISD

Region 5

Ray Lea Azle ISD

Region 11

The next Equity Center Board meeting will be held on Monday, January 25, 2016, at the Austin Convention Center. Equity Center Board Members please contact Cynthia McCollum at [email protected] for additional details and registration information.

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Jeanette Winn Karnes City ISD

Wayne Block

Karnes City ISD

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Dr. Fenwick English UNC, Chapel Hill

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16th Annual School Finance & Legislative Workshop

All Equity Center members are invited to attend the 16th Annual School Finance & Legislative Workshop for FREE as one of their member benefits.

The Workshop kicks off with a special lunch at 11:30 a.m. Our guest speakers will begin shortly thereafter and this year we will have a special book signing opportunity with Dr. Fenwick English.

Register online today at http://goo.gl/snEyNq or call Cynthia McCollum, Operations Manager, at 512.478.7313 for assistance.

Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Austin Convention Center

Dr. Wayne Pierce Equity Center

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Equity Center

Equity Center Presents:

...And More!



674 Equity Center Members & Still GrowingRegion 1

Brownsville ISD Dr. Esperanza Zendejas

Donna ISD Mr. Jesus Rene Reyna

Edcouch-Elsa ISD Dr. Richard Rivera

Edinburg CISD Dr. Rene Gutierrez

Harlingen CISD Dr. Arturo Cavazos

Hidalgo ISD Mr. Edward Blaha

La Feria ISD Mr. Rey Villarreal

La Joya ISD Dr. Alda Benavides

La Villa ISD Dr. Judith Solis

Chapter 41 district and subject to recapture. The impact of the 1993 Wealth Hold-Harmless and its corresponding exemptions reduced recapture to those districts. Even though those districts were “recaptured”, it was always at a funding level much higher than the actual equalized wealth level of the formula system. As a result, those districts remained funded well above those districts restricted by what the formula allowed.

Over the years, those advantages for Chapter 41 schools were further enhanced by formula additions to the Wealth Hold-Harmless provisions, elimination of recapture on I&S taxes for bonded debt, and the delivery of funding outside the equalized formula such as the High School Allotment, per capita apportionment, and various teacher and staff raises, etc.

With the Legislature’s response to the West Orange Cove litigation, all of the added inequities were rolled into the creation of Target Revenue. Additionally, the Legislature compressed M&O (Maintenance & Operations) tax rates, failed to set a high enough level for the Basic Allotment to adjust for the reduced number of pennies available for M&O taxes and revenue, and created three different guaranteed yields and equalized wealth levels (EWL) per

WADA—establishing what is now the current Chapter 41 muddle. The fact that it requires TEA to construct a 70+ page manual to explain “Chapter 41” status should be proof enough of the confusion. (A fourth and different guaranteed yield level exists for the facilities funding tier.)

The table below shows the standards as they have applied to TEA’s assignment of the Chapter 41 tag to a school district.

Obviously, for the expanded clarification of Chapter 41 districts using only their compressed tax rate and the golden pennies (which are not recaptured), the Tier 1 EWL has increased enough to keep most of them free of recapture.

However, that is not the case for the “copper pennies” of Tier 2. The EWL in Tier 2 has remained stagnant since its inception in 2006-07. As a result more and more districts each year are classified as Chapter 41, but only impacted if they are also forced to use any copper pennies to float their M&O budget and meet State standards in order to deliver the constitutionally required GDK (general diffusion of knowledge).

Sounding More & More Familiar (cont.)

School YearEWL

(Equalized Wealth Level Per WADA)

Tier 1 EWL (Equalized Wealth Level

Per WADA)*

Tier 2 EWL (Equalized Wealth Level

Per WADA)

1994-95 280,000

2004-05 305,000

2006-07 319,500 319,500

2012-13 476,500 319,500

2013-14 495,000 319,500

2014-15 504,000 319,500

2015-16 514,000 319,500

*The $319,500 Tier 2 EWL is what determines Chapter 41 status–not the Tier 1 EWL.



Los Fresnos CISD Mr. Gonzalo Salazar

Lyford CISD Mr. Eduardo Infante

McAllen ISD Dr. James Ponce

Mercedes ISD Dr. Daniel Trevino, Jr.

Mission CISD Mr. Ricardo Lopez

Monte Alto ISD Ms. Olivia Almanza-Pena

Pharr-San Juan- Alamo ISD Dr. Daniel King

Raymondville ISD Mr. Johnny Pineda

Rio Hondo ISD Mr. Ismael Garcia

Roma ISD Mr. Carlos Guzman

San Benito CISD Ms. Maria Filomena Leo

San Perlita ISD Mr. Albert Pena

Santa Maria ISD Ms. Maria Chavez

Santa Rosa ISD Mr. Heriberto Villarreal

Sharyland ISD Dr. Robert O’Connor

United ISD Mr. Roberto Santos

Valley View (Hidalgo) ISD Mr. Rolando Ramirez

Weslaco ISD Dr. Ruben Alejandro

Zapata ISD Mr. Raul Nuques

Region 2

Agua Dulce ISD Dr. Russ Perry

Aransas Pass ISD Mr. Mark Kemp

Banquete ISD Dr. Max Thompson

Brooks County ISD Mr. David Perry

Calallen ISD Dr. Arturo Almendarez

Corpus Christi ISD Dr. Roland Hernandez

Driscoll ISD Dr. Cynthia Garcia

Freer ISD Mr. Steve Van Matre

Gregory-Portland ISD Dr. Paul Clore

La Gloria ISD Mr. David Braswell

Mathis ISD Dr. Maria Rodriguez-Casas

Odem-Edroy ISD Ms. Lisa Gonzales

Orange Grove ISD Mr. Lynn Burton

Pettus ISD Ms. Theresa Keel

Ricardo ISD Dr. Maria Canales

Riviera ISD Mrs. Karen Unterbrink

Robstown ISD Ms. Maria Vidaurri

Sinton ISD Mrs. Pari Whitten

Skidmore-Tynan ISD Mr. Randy Hoyer

Taft ISD Mr. Joe Lopez

West Oso ISD Mrs. Elizabeth Saenz

Region 3

Boling ISD Mr. Wade Stidevent

Cuero ISD Mr. Jim Haley

Edna ISD Mr. Robert O’Connor

El Campo ISD Ms. Kelly Waters

Falls City ISD Mr. Tylor Chaplin

Ganado ISD Dr. John Hardwick, Jr.

Karnes City ISD Ms. Jeanette Winn

Kenedy ISD Mr. Brad Lane

Louise ISD Dr. Michael Seabolt

Rice CISD Mr. Bill Hefner IV

Runge ISD Ms. Pam Seipp

Shiner ISD Mr. Trey Lawrence

Sweet Home ISD Mr. Randall Meyer

Van Vleck ISD Mr. John O’Brien

Victoria ISD Dr. Robert Jaklich

Vysehrad ISD Mr. Jason Appelt

Weimar ISD Mr. Jon Wunderlich

Westhoff ISD Mr. David Kennedy

Wharton ISD Ms. Tina Herrington

Woodsboro ISD Mr. Jeff Dyer

Yoakum ISD Mr. Tom Kelley

Region 4

Aldine ISD Dr. Wanda Bamberg

Alief ISD Mr. H.D. Chambers

Alvine ISD Dr. Buck Gilcrease

Anahuac ISD Mr. James Hopper

Cleveland ISD Dr. Darrell Myers

Columbia-Brazoria ISD Mr. Steven Galloway

Crosby ISD Dr. Keith Moore

Damon ISD Dr. Don Rhodes

Danbury ISD Mr. Greg Anderson

Dayton ISD Dr. Jessica Johnson

Fort Bend ISD Mr. Charles Dupre

Galena Park ISD Dr. Angi Williams

Goose Creek CISD Mr. Randal O’Brien

Hardin ISD Mr. Bob Parker

Hempstead ISD Ms. Marcia Lawton

Hitchcock ISD Ms. Carla Vickroy

Huffman ISD Mr. Benny Soileau

Humble ISD Dr. Guy Sconzo

Klein ISD Dr. Jim Cain

Liberty ISD Dr. Cody Abshier

Needville ISD Mr. Curtis Rhodes

Santa Fe ISD Dr. Leigh Wall

Spring ISD Dr. Rodney Watson

Tarkington ISD Mr. Kevin Weldon

Region 5

Bridge City ISD Mr. Mike King

Brookeland ISD Mr. Kevin McCugh

Buna ISD Dr. R. Steve Hyden

Chester ISD Mr. Wayne Ivey

Colmesneil ISD Ms. Angela Matterson

East Chambers ISD Mr. Scott Campbell

Evadale ISD Mr. Gary Fairchild

Hamshire-Fannett ISD Dr. Pamela Lechler

Hardin-Jefferson ISD Dr. Shannon Holmes

High Island ISD Dr. D’Ann Vonderau

Jasper ISD Dr. Richard Skuza



Kirbyville CISD Mr. Richard Hazlewood

Kountze ISD Mr. John Ferguson

Little Cypress- Mauriceville CISD Dr. Pauline Hargrove

Lumberton ISD Mr. John Valastro

Newton ISD Mrs. Michelle Barrow

Orangefield ISD Dr. Stephen Patterson

Port Arthur ISD Dr. Mark Porterie

Port Neches-Grove ISD Dr. Rodney Cavness

Silsbee ISD Mr. Richard Bain, Jr.

Spurger ISD Ms. Kendall Smith

Vidor ISD Dr. Jay Killgo

Warren ISD Mr. Brad McEachern

West Hardin County CISD Mr. Alan Andrus

West Orange- Cove CISD Mr. James Colbert

Region 6

Apple Springs ISD Mr. Cody Moree

Brazos ISD Mr. Earl Jarrett

Brenham ISD Dr. Walter Jackson

Buckholts ISD Dr. Dirk Dykstra

Buffalo ISD Mr. Lacy Freeman

Caldwell ISD Dr. Tim Cuff

Calvert ISD Mr. Maxie Morgan

Cameron ISD Mr. Allan Sapp

Centerville (Trinity) ISD Mr. Mark Brown

Crockett ISD Mr. Terry Myers

Gause ISD Mr. Bradley Jones

Goodrich ISD Dr. Gary Bates

Groveton ISD Mr. Don Hamilton

Hearne ISD Mr. Henry Lind

Huntsville ISD Dr. Howell Wright

Kennard ISD Mr. Richard Cooper

Latexo ISD Mr. Don Elsom

Livingston ISD Dr. Brent Hawkins

Madisonville CISD Mr. Keith Smith

Magnolia ISD Dr. Todd Stephens

Milano ISD Mr. Robert Westbrook

Mumford ISD Mr. Pete Bienski, Jr.

New Caney ISD Mr. Kenn Franklin

Normangee ISD Mr. Luke Allison

North Zulch ISD Mr. Morris Lyon

Rockdale ISD Ms. Denise Monzingo

Snook ISD Ms. Brenda Krchnak

Splendora ISD Dr. Genese Bell

Trinity ISD Mr. Dave Plymale

Region 7

Alba-Golden ISD Mr. Dwayne Ellis

Alto ISD Mr. Kerry Birdwell

Arp ISD Mr. Dwight Thomas

Athens ISD Mr. Blake Stiles

Big Sandy (Upshur) ISD Mr. Scott Beene

Broaddus ISD Mr. Shane McGown

Brownsboro ISD Dr. Christopher Moran

Bullard ISD Mr. Todd Schneider

Carlisle ISD Mr. Michael Payne

Center ISD Dr. James Hockenberry

Central Heights ISD Mr. Bryan Lee

Central ISD Dr. Allen Garner

Chapel Hill (Smith) ISD Dr. Donni Cook

Chireno ISD Mr. Tim Norman

Cross Roads ISD Mr. Leland Hand

Cushing ISD Mr. Michael Davis

Diboll ISD Mr. Gary Martel

Douglass ISD Mr. Walter Peddy

Edgewood (Van Zandt) ISD Mr. Andy Baker

Elysian Fields ISD Mr. Maynard Chapman

Etoile ISD Ms. Sarah Hottman

Eustace ISD Dr. Coy Holcombe

Excelsior ISD Mr. Johnny Lewis

Frankston ISD Mr. Micah Lewis

Fruitvale ISD Ms. Rebecca Bain

Garrison ISD Mr. Arnie Kelley

Gary ISD Mr. Todd Greer

Gilmer ISD Mr. Rick Albritton

Gladewater ISD Dr. J.P. Richardson

Grand Saline ISD Ms. Trish Elliott

Harleton ISD Dr. Craig Coleman

Harmony ISD Mr. Dennis Glenn

Hemphill ISD Mr. Reese Briggs

Henderson ISD Mr. Keith Boles

Hudson ISD Mrs. Mary Ann Whiteker

Huntington ISD Mr. David Flowers

Jacksonville ISD Dr. Chad Kelly

Joaquin ISD Mr. Phil Worsham

La Poyner ISD Ms. Sherry Douglas

Laneville ISD Dr. Brian Nichols

Leverett’s Chapel ISD Ms. Donna Johnson

Lindale ISD Mr. Stan Surratt

Longview ISD Dr. James Wilcox

Lufkin ISD Dr. LaTonya Goffney

Marshall ISD Dr. Marc Smith

Martins Mill ISD Mr. James Oliver

Martinsville ISD Mr. Jay Ratcliff

Mineola ISD Dr. John Fuller

674 Equity Center Members & Still Growing



Mount Enterprise ISD Mr. Byron Jordan

Murchison ISD Mr. Richard Jones

Nacogdoches ISD Dr. Fred Hayes

Neches ISD Mr. Randy Snider

New Diana ISD Mr. Carl Key

New Summerfield ISD Mr. Greg Weiss

Ore City ISD Mr. Lynn Heflin

Overton ISD Mr. Stephen DuBose

Palestine ISD Mr. Jason Marshall

Pine Tree ISD Dr. Teresa Farler

Quitman ISD Ms. Rhonda Turner

Rains ISD Mr. John Rouse

Rusk ISD Dr. Scott Davis

Sabine ISD Mr. Stacy Bryce

San Augustine ISD Dr. Virginia Liepman

Shelbyville ISD Dr. Ray West

Slocum ISD Mr. Cliff Lasiter

Spring Hill ISD Mr. Steven Snell

Tenaha ISD Mr. Scott Tyner

Timpson ISD Mr. Mid Johnson

Trinidad ISD Mr. Corey Jenkins

Troup ISD Mr. Stuart Bird

Union Grove ISD Mr. Brian Gray

Van ISD Mr. Don Dunn

Waskom ISD Mr. Jimmy Cox

Wells ISD Mr. Dale Morton

West Rusk ISD Mr. Tommy Alexander

West Sabine ISD Mr. Mike Pate

Westwood ISD Mr. Ed Lyman

White Oak ISD Mr. Michael Gilbert

Whitehouse ISD Mr. Daniel DuPree

Winnsboro ISD Dr. Mark Bosold

Winona ISD Ms. Denise Shetter

Woden ISD Mr. Brady Taylor

Zavalla ISD Ms. Sydni Dees

Region 8

Atlanta ISD Mr. Sidney Harrist

Avery ISD Ms. Kelly Burns

Chapel Hill (Titus) ISD Mr. Marc Levesque

Chisum ISD Mr. Tommy Chalaire

Clarksville ISD Ms. Pam Bryant

Como-Pickton ISD Dr. Kay Handlin

Cooper ISD Mrs. Denicia Hohenberger

Cumby ISD Ms. Shelly Slaughter

Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD Ms. Sandra Quarles

Dekalb ISD Dr. John Booth

Detroit ISD Mr. Brian Howie

Fannindel ISD Mr. Harvey Milton

Harts Bluff ISD Mr. Lyle DuBus

Hooks ISD Mr. Ronnie Thompson

Hughes Springs ISD Ms. Sarah Dildine

Jefferson ISD Mr. Rob Barnwell

Leary ISD Mr. Jim Tankersley

Liberty-Eylau ISD Mr. Roger Hailey

Malta ISD Ms. Linda Estill

Maud ISD Mr. Brandon Peavey

McLeod ISD Ms. Cathy May

Miller Grove ISD Mr. Steve Johnson

Mount Pleasant ISD Mr. Judd Marshall

New Boston ISD Dr. Rose Mary Neshyba

North Hopkins ISD Ms. Donna George

North Lamar ISD Mr. John McCullough

Paris ISD Mr. Paul Jones

Pewitt CISD Mr. Andy Reddock

Pittsburg ISD Ms. Judy Pollan

Pleasant Grove ISD Dr. Todd Williams

Prairiland ISD Mr. Jeff Ballard

Queen City ISD Dr. Angela Gutsch

Red Lick ISD Mr. Nick Blain

Redwater ISD Ms. Kathy Allen

Rivercrest ISD Mr. Stanley Jessee

Roxton ISD Ms. Kelly Pickle

Saltillo ISD Mr. Kevin Woolley

Simms ISD Mr. Rex Burks

Sulphur Bluff ISD Mr. Dustin Carr

Sulphur Springs ISD Mr. Michael Lamb

Winfield ISD Ms. Rhonda Burchinal

Region 9

Archer City ISD Mr. C. D. Knobloch

Bellevue ISD Mr. Dean Gilstrap

Benjamin ISD Ms. Olivia Del Hierro Gloria

Bowie ISD Mr. Steven Monkres

Bryson ISD Mr. David Stout

Burkburnett ISD Mr. Danny Taylor

City View ISD Mr. Steve Harris

Crowell ISD Mr. Steven Pyburn

Electra ISD Mr. Scott Hogue

Forestburg ISD Mr. John Metzler

Gold-Burg ISD Mr. Roger Ellis

Graham ISD Mr. Sonny Cruse

Harrold ISD Mr. David Thweatt

Henrietta ISD Mr. Jeff McClure

Holliday ISD Dr. Kevin Dyes

Knox City-O’Brien ISD Mr. Louis Baty, Jr.

Montague ISD Mr. Curtis Eldridge

Munday CISD Mr. Troy Parton

Newcastle ISD Mr. Ty Spitzer

Northside (Wilbarger) ISD Mr. Jack Coody

Olney ISD Dr. Greg Roach



Perrin-Whitt CISD Mr. John Kuhn

Petrolia ISD Mr. Derrith Welch

Prairie Valley ISD Mr. Tim West

Quanah ISD Mr. Buddy Freeman

Saint Jo ISD Mr. Larry Smith

Seymour ISD Dr. John Baker

Throckmorton ISD Mr. Ken Baugh

Vernon ISD Mr. Tom Woody

Wichita Falls ISD Mr. Michael Kuhrt

Windthorst ISD Mr. Don Windham

Woodson ISD Mr. Gordon Thomas

Region 10

Anna ISD Mr. Pete Slaughter

Avalon ISD Dr. David Del Bosque

Bells ISD Mr. Joe Moore

Bland ISD Mr. Rick Tidwell

Blue Ridge ISD Mr. Todd Lintzen

Boles ISD Dr. Graham Sweeney

Bonham ISD Dr. Marvin Beaty

Caddo Mills ISD Ms. Vicki Payne

Campbell ISD Mr. Mark Keahey

Canton ISD Mr. Jay Tullos

Cedar Hill ISD Mr. Orlando Riddick

Celeste ISD Mr. Brad Connelly

Celina ISD Mr. Donny O’Dell

Collinsville ISD Mr. Dwain Milam

Commerce ISD Mr. Blake Cooper

Community ISD Dr. Roosevelt Nivens

Crandall ISD Dr. Robert Jolly

Denison ISD Dr. Henry Scott

DeSoto ISD Dr. David Harris

Dodd City ISD Mr. Craig Reed

Ector ISD Mr. Gary Bohannon

Farmersville ISD Mr. Jeff Adams

Ferris ISD Mr. Mike Bodine

Garland ISD Dr. Bob Morrison

Greenville ISD Mr. Donald Jefferies

Gunter ISD Dr. Jill Siler

Honey Grove ISD Mr. Todd Morrison

Howe ISD Mr. Kevin Wilson

Italy ISD Mr. Jaime Velasco

Kaufman ISD Dr. Lori Blaylock

Kemp ISD Mr. Phil Edwards

Leonard ISD Mr. Larry LaFavers

Lone Oak ISD Mr. Lance Campbell

Mabank ISD Dr. Russell Marshall

Maypearl ISD Mr. Ritchie Bowling

Melissa ISD Mr. Keith Murphy

Mesquite ISD Dr. David Vroonland

Milford ISD Mr. Don Clingenpeel

Palmer ISD Mr. Kevin Noak

Pottsboro ISD Dr. Kevin Matthews

Princeton ISD Mr. Philip Anthony

Quinlan ISD Dr. Debra Crosby

Red Oak ISD Mr. Scott Niven

S And S CISD Mr. Tommy Hunter

Sam Rayburn ISD Mr. Jeff Irvin

Savoy ISD Mr. Brian Neal

Scurry-Rosser ISD Mrs. Rhonda Porter

Terrell ISD Mr. Micheal French

Tioga ISD Dr. Charles Holloway

Tom Bean ISD Mr. Troy Roberts

Trenton ISD Mr. Rick Foreman

Van Alstyne ISD Dr. John Spies

Whitesboro ISD Mr. Ryan Harper

Whitewright ISD Mr. Steve Arthur

Wills Point ISD

Wolfe City ISD Mr. Vernon Richardson

Region 11

Aledo ISD Dr. Derek Citty

Arlington ISD Dr. Marcelo Cavazos

Aubrey ISD Mrs. Debby Sanders

Azle ISD Dr. Ray Lea

Brock ISD Mr. Scott Drillette

Burleson ISD Dr. Bret Jimerson

Castleberry ISD Mr. John Ramos

Crowley ISD Dr. Dan Powell

Dublin ISD Dr. Rodney Schneider

Eagle Mt.-Saginaw ISD Dr. Jim Chadwell

Era Con ISD Mr. Jeremy Thompson

Everman ISD Mr. Curtis Amos

Fort Worth ISD Dr. Patricia Linares

Gainesville ISD Dr. Jeffrey Brasher

Garner ISD Ms. Rebecca Hallmark

Grandview ISD Mr. Joe Perrin

Huckabay ISD Mrs. Cheryl Floyd

Joshua ISD Mrs. Fran Marek

Keene ISD Mr. Ricky Stephens

Keller ISD Dr. Randy Reid

Kennedale ISD Mr. Gary Dugger

Lake Dallas ISD Dr. Gayle Stinson

Lake Worth ISD Mr. John Hebert

Lewisville ISD Dr. Kevin Rogers

Lingleville ISD Mr. Curt Haley

Lipan ISD Dr. Cindy Edwards

Millsap ISD Dr. David Belding

Mineral Wells ISD Dr. Gail Haterius

674 Equity Center Members & Still Growing



Muenster ISD Mr. Steven Self

Paradise ISD Mr. Mac Edwards

Peaster ISD Mr. Matt Adams

Pilot Point ISD Mr. Dan Gist

Poolville ISD Dr. Jimmie Dobbs

Sanger ISD Mr. Kent Crutsinger

Santo ISD Mr. Greg Gilbert

Springtown ISD Mr. Mike Kelley

Strawn ISD Mr. Brent Dawson

Three Way (Erath) ISD Mr. Paul Ryan

Tolar ISD Mr. Travis Stilwell

Valley View (Cooke) ISD Mr. William Stokes

Venus ISD Mr. Alan Oakley

Walnut Bend ISD Mr. Kelly Carrell

White Settlement ISD Mr. Frank Molinar

Region 12

Abbott ISD Mr. Ricky Edison

Academy ISD Mr. Kevin Sprinkles

Aquilla ISD Mr. David Edison

Axtell ISD Dr. J.R. Proctor

Bartlett ISD Mr. Brett Springston

Belton ISD Dr. Susan Kincannon

Blooming Grove ISD Mr. Jimmie Malone

Blum ISD Dr. Elsa Scott

Bosqueville ISD Mr. James Skeeler

Bruceville-Eddy ISD Mr. Richard Kilgore

Bynum ISD Mr. Larry Mynarcik

Chilton ISD Mr. Benny Bobo

China Spring ISD Mr. Marc Faulkner

Connally ISD Mr. Wesley Holt

Corsicana ISD Dr. Diane Frost

Coolidge ISD Mr. Robert Lowry

Copperas Cove ISD Dr. Joseph Burns

Covington ISD Mrs. Diane Innis

Cranfills Gap ISD Mr. Vince Gilbert

Crawford ISD Mr. Kenneth Hall

Dawson (Navarro) ISD Mr. Stacy Henderson

Evant ISD Mr. James Slone

Frost ISD Mr. Duane Limbaugh

Gatesville ISD Mr. Stewart Speer

Gholson ISD Ms. Pamela Brown

Goldthwaite ISD Mr. Ronny Wright

Hallsburg ISD Mr. Kent Reynolds

Hamilton ISD Mr. Clay Tarpley

Hillsboro ISD Ms. Vicki Adams

Holland ISD Ms. Cindy Gunn

Hubbard (Hill) ISD Mr. Stuart Musick

Iredell ISD Mr. Patrick Murphy

Itasca ISD Mr. Glenn Pittman

Jonesboro ISD Mr. Matt Dossey

Kerens ISD Mr. Kevin Stanford

Kopperl ISD Mr. Kenneth Bateman

La Vega ISD Dr. Sharon Shields

Lampasas ISD Mr. Randy Hoyer

Lometa ISD Mr. David Rice

Lorena ISD Dr. Sandra Talbert

Malone ISD Ms. Linda Buffe

Marlin ISD Dr. Michael Seabolt

Mart ISD Mr. Todd Gooden

Meridian ISD Dr. John Horak

Morgan ISD Mr. John Bryant

Mount Calm ISD Mrs. Barbara Lane

Oglesby ISD Mr. Jason Jones

Penelope ISD Mr. Scot P. Kelley

Priddy ISD Ms. Adrianne Klein

Rice ISD Mrs. Lynn Jantzen

Robinson ISD Dr. Michael Hope

Rogers ISD Mr. Jason Gilstrap

Rosebud-Lott ISD Dr. Don Hancock

Temple ISD Dr. Robin Battershell

Troy ISD Mr. Neil Jeter

Valley Mills ISD Dr. Judi Whitis

Waco ISD Dr. Bonny Cain

West ISD Mr. David Truitt

Westphalia ISD Mr. Robert Hudson

Whitney ISD Mr. Gene Solis

Wortham ISD Mr. David Allen

Region 13

Burnet CISD Mr. Keith McBurnett

Comfort ISD Mr. Leslie Vann

Elgin ISD Dr. Jodi Duron

Flatonia ISD Ms. Beverly Mikulenka

Florence ISD Mr. Paul Michaelwicz

Giddings ISD Mr. Roger Dees

Granger ISD Mr. Randy Willis

Hutto ISD Dr. Douglas Killian

Johnson City ISD Mr. David Shanley

Lexington ISD Dr. Brad Schnautz

Lockhart ISD Ms. Susan Bohn

Luling ISD Mr. Tim Glover

Manor ISD Mr. Kevin Brackmeyer

McDade ISD Mrs. Barbara Marchbanks

Navarro ISD Ms. Dee Carter

New Braunfels ISD Mr. Randy Moczygemba

Nixon-Smiley CISD Dr. Cathy Lauer

Pflugerville ISD Mr. Alex Torrez

Prairie Lea ISD Mr. Jesus Lopez

Schulenburg ISD Mrs. Lisa Meysembourg

Seguin ISD Mr. Stetson Roane

Smithville ISD Dr. Rock McNulty



674 Equity Center Members & Still GrowingTaylor ISD Mr. Jerry Vaughn

Thorndale ISD Mr. Glenn Coles

Thrall ISD Mr. Tommy Hooker

Waelder ISD Mr. Daniel Fuller

Wimberley ISD Mr. Dwain York

Region 14

Anson ISD Mr. Jay Baccus

Baird ISD Mr. Jarod Bellar

Cisco ISD Mr. Kelly West

Clyde CISD Mr. Keith Scharnhorst

Colorado ISD Mr. Reggy Spencer

Comanche ISD Mr. Rick Howard

Cross Plains ISD Mr. Phil Mitchell

De Leon ISD Dr. Dana Marable

Eastland ISD Mr. Jason Cochran

Eula ISD Mr. Tim Kelley

Gorman ISD Mr. Gary Speegle

Gustine ISD Mr. Ken Baugh

Hamlin ISD Mr. Brock Cartwright

Haskell CISD Mr. Bill Alcorn

Hawley ISD Mr. Michael Sibberson

Hermleigh ISD Mr. Ronnie Roemisch

Highland ISD Mr. Duane Hyde

Jim Ned CISD Mr. Bobby Easterling

Loraine ISD Mr. Dennis Hill

Lueders-Avoca ISD Mr. Bob Spikes

Merkel ISD Mr. Bryan Allen

Moran ISD Mr. Danny Freeman

Paint Creek ISD Mr. Rick Moeller

Rising Star ISD Ms. Mary Jane Atkins

Roby CISD Mr. Heath Dickson

Roscoe ISD Dr. Kim Alexander

Rotan ISD Ms. Linda Robinson

Rule ISD Mr. Barry McBroom

Sidney ISD Mr. Doug Bowden

Stamford ISD Mr. Shaun Barnett

Sweetwater ISD Mr. Terry Pittman

Trent ISD Ms. Leanna West

Wylie (Taylor) ISD Mr. Joey Light

Region 15

Ballinger ISD Mr. Scott Harrell

Bangs ISD Mr. Bill Foster

Blanket ISD Mr. Vick Orlando

Brady ISD Mr. Johnny Clawson

Bronte ISD Mr. Byron Moreland

Brookesmith ISD Dr. Jay Smith

Brownwood ISD Dr. Joe F. Young

Cherokee ISD Mr. Chris Perry

Christoval ISD Dr. David Walker

Coleman ISD Mr. Royce Young

Early ISD Mr. Wes Beck

Eden CISD Mr. Kent Coker

Grape Creek ISD Mrs. Barbie McMath

Lohn ISD Mr. Leon Freeman

May ISD Mr. Don Rhodes

Menard ISD Ms. Amy Bannowsky

Miles ISD Mr. Robert Gibson

Nueces Canyon CISD Mrs. Kristi Powers

Olfen ISD Mr. Gabriel Zamora

Paint Rock ISD Mr. Ron Cline

Panther Creek CISD Mr. Dwin Nanny

Richland Springs ISD Mr. Don Fowler

Robert Lee ISD Mr. Aaron Hood

Rochelle ISD Mr. Steve Butler

San Angelo ISD Dr. Carl Dethloff

San Felipe- Del Rio CISD Dr. Carlos Rios

San Saba ISD Ms. Leigh Ann Glaze

Santa Anna ISD Mr. James Bible

Veribest ISD Mr. Bobby Fryar

Wall ISD Mr. Walter Holik, Jr.

Water Valley ISD Mr. Jimmy Hannon

Winters ISD Mr. Bruce Davis

Zephyr ISD Mr. Stanton Marwitz

Region 16

Adrian ISD Mr. Mike Winter

Amarillo ISD Dr. Dana West

Booker ISD Mr. Terry Zink

Borger ISD Mr. Chance Welch

Bovina ISD Ms. Denise Anderson

Canyon ISD Mr. Darryl Flusche

Childress ISD Mr. Rick Teran

Clarendon ISD Mr. Mike Norrell

Claude ISD Mr. Jeff Byrd

Dalhart ISD Mr. John Massey

Dimmitt ISD Mr. Bryan Davis

Dumas ISD Mr. Monty Hysinger

Friona ISD Mr. Kenny Austin

Groom ISD Mr. Jay Lamb

Happy ISD Mr. Wade Wesley

Hart ISD Mr. Ken Rosser

Hartley ISD Mr. Scott Vincent

Hedley ISD Mr. Bill Wood

Hereford ISD Dr. Kelli Moulton

Kress ISD Mr. Doug Setliff

Lazbuddie ISD Ms. Joanna Martinez

Memphis ISD Mr. Kent Lemons



Nazareth ISD Mr. Glen Waldo

Panhandle ISD Mr. Blair Brown

River Road ISD Mr. Randy Owen

Sanford-Fritch ISD Mr. Jim McClellan

Shamrock ISD Mr. Kenneth Shields

Tulia ISD Mr. Steve Post

Turkey-Quitaque ISD Mr. Jon Davidson

Vega ISD Mr. Paul Uttley

Walcott ISD Mr. Bill Sam McLaughlin

Wellington ISD Mr. Carl Taylor

Wheeler ISD Mr. Frank Belcher

Wildorado ISD Mr. Troy Duck

Region 17

Amherst ISD Mr. Joel Rodgers

Anton ISD Mr. Jim Knight

Brownfield ISD Dr. Tanya Monroe

Cotton Center ISD Mr. Rocky Stone

Crosbyton ISD Mr. Shawn Mason

Floydada ISD Dr. Gilbert Trevino

Hale Center ISD Mr. Joey Nichols

Idalou ISD Mr. Jim Waller

Littlefield ISD Mr. Robert Dillard

Lockney ISD Mr. Phil Cotham

Lubbock ISD Dr. Berhl Robertson

Lubbock-Cooper ISD Mr. Keith Bryant

Meadow ISD Mr. Darrian Dover

Morton ISD Ms. Vicki Rice

Motley County ISD Mr. William Cochran

Muleshoe ISD Dr. R.L. Richards

New Deal ISD Mr. Jimmy Noland

New Home ISD Mr. Leland Zant

Olton ISD Mr. Bud McIver

Paducah ISD Mr. Jerry Baird

Petersburg ISD Mr. David Foote

Plainview ISD Dr. Rocky Kirk

Ralls ISD Mr. Chris Wade

Roosevelt ISD Mr. Jimmy Parker

Shallowater ISD Dr. Kenny Border

Slaton ISD Mrs. Julee Becker

Smyer ISD Mr. Dane Kerns

Southland ISD Mr. Toby Miller

Springlake-Earth ISD Mr. Denver Crum

Tahoka ISD Dr. George McFarland

Whitharral ISD Mr. Ed Sharp

Region 18

Alpine ISD Ms. Becky Watley

Balmorhea ISD Mr. Manuel Espino

Big Spring ISD Mr. Chris Wigington

Ector County ISD Mr. Tom Crowe

Fort Davis ISD Mr. Graydon Hicks

Kermit ISD Mr. Bill Boyd

Marfa ISD Mr. Andy Peters

Presidio ISD Mr. Dennis McEntire

San Vicente ISD Mr. Eric Stoddard

Terlingua Common SD Ms. Bobbie Jones

Valentine ISD Mr. Doug Cook

Region 19

Anthony ISD Dr. Steven Saldivar

Clint ISD Mr. Juan Martinez

Dell City ISD Mr. Fabian Gomez

El Paso ISD Mr. Juan Cabrera

Fabens ISD Mr. Eldefonso Garcia

San Elizario ISD Mrs. Sylvia Hopp

Sierra Blanca ISD Mrs. Ebby Loeffler

Socorro ISD Dr. Joe Espinoza

Tornillo ISD Ms. Jeannie Meza-Chavez

Ysleta ISD Dr. Xavier De La Torre

Region 20

Brackett ISD Mr. Kevin Newsom

Carrizo Springs CISD Mr. Jesse Salazar

Center Point ISD Mr. Cody Newcomb

Cotulla ISD Dr. Jack Seals

Crystal City ISD Ms. Imelda Allen

D’Hanis ISD Mr. Scott Higgins

Devine ISD Mrs. Linda McAnelly

East Central ISD Mr. Rolando Toscano

Floresville ISD Dr. Sherri Bays

Harlandale ISD Mr. Rey Madrigal, Jr.

Jourdanton ISD Dr. Lana Collavo

Judson ISD Dr. Carl Montoya

Knippa ISD Mr. Jeff Cottrill

La Pryor ISD Mr. Ramon Abarca

La Vernia ISD Dr. Jose Moreno

Lytle ISD Ms. Michelle Smith

Northside (Bexar) ISD Dr. Brian Woods

Pearsall ISD Dr. Nobert Rodriguez

Poteet ISD Mr. Andy Castillo

Poth ISD Mr. Scott Caloss

Sabinal ISD Mr. Richard Grill

San Antonio ISD Mr. Pedro Martinez

Somerset ISD Mr. Saul Hinojosa

South San Antonio ISD Dr. Abelardo Saavedra

Southside ISD Ms. Melonie Inglehart-Hammons

Southwest ISD Dr. Lloyd Verstuyft

Stockdale ISD Mr. Paul Darilek

Utopia ISD Mr. John Walts

Updated As Of December 1, 2015.

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