Paxton: School Districts Stopped From Illegal Electioneering on Taxes

Paxton: School Districts Stopped From Illegal Electioneering on Taxes

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office stopped several school districts from using taxpayer money to advocate for local ballot propositions that would raise taxes. "School districts should focus on teaching children reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of unlawfully using taxpayer funds to meddle in elections that will raise taxes even higher," Paxton said in a statement on Friday. "ISDs are educational entities, not lobbying firm…

Public schools increasingly implicated in illegal electioneering

(The Lion) — Public school districts across the country are increasingly under scrutiny for allegedly using public resources to influence elections. As the statewide election kicked off in Virginia Tuesday, a nonprofit watchdog requested formal investigations into allegations of illegal electioneering by the Portsmouth School District. The complaint by the nonpartisan public-interest litigation firm Liberty Justice Center notes the district host…