Texans willing to pay higher taxes for teacher pay, water

“…Seventy-four percent of registered voters would be willing to pay more in taxes to raise teacher pay, according to a new poll by the non-partisan, non-profit Texas Lyceum leadership group.

They decidedly wouldn’t be willing to pay more for school administration (only 20 percent would fork over more for this).

The poll comes after lawmakers and Gov. Rick Perry cut back hard on public school funding in response to last year’s budget crunch, and as some are pressing to restore money to schools.

Also on state revenue, 64 percent said they would be willing to pay more in water tap fees to ensure state water needs are met.”