John Hryhorchuk, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

john.hryhorchuk@texas2036.org

Posts

What’s Holding Up $18 Billion For Texas Schools?

April 20, 2021

Across the state’s op-ed pages, education leaders and advocates have expressed significant frustration with the fact that the state has not released $18 billion in federal stimulus dollars to school districts. They’re not wrong: the pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on many low-income Texas students, and the smart use of federal resources will...

How Texas Public School Funding Relies on Oil and Gas Chart

Maximizing Investment Returns for Texas School Funds

April 19, 2021

The Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) is a $48.3 billion endowment designated for the benefit of public schools, funding classrooms on a per-student basis, as well as technology and instructional materials. It was established in 1894 with a $2 million investment from the Texas Legislature, and while the fund is increasing, it has not grown...

Why Workforce

March 23, 2021

It’s well known that Texas is an economic engine admired around the world. In fact, Texas has the ninth-largest economy in the world. However, as in the rest of the world, the Texas economy took a real hit from the global coronavirus pandemic. At the end of 2019, Texas’ unemployment rate was only 3.5%. Then...

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Where does Texas stand, financially?

January 19, 2021

Last week, Comptroller Glen Hegar provided a comprehensive breakdown of the state’s financial situation for the 2021 legislative session. While the general takeaway has been that things aren’t as bad as they could have been, one word – oft-repeated by Hegar – warrants additional focus: “uncertainty.” While we’ve spent months preparing for the downside of...