SPRINGFIELD â Braxton Lear is 5 years old and tall for his age. He runs â not walks â from his scooter, to the swing set, to the trampoline in his great-auntâs backyard in Caseyville, about 12 miles east of St. Louis.
Braxtonâs mom, Shannon Lear, asks him whatâs his name, how old is he, and whatâs her name. He answers.
âHe couldnât do that a year ago,â Lear said.
Braxton was diagnosed with autism around his third birthday. For the past year and a half, heâs been receiving autism behavioral therapy from the Hope Institute, which Lear said has completely changed his behavior and strengthened their bond.
Conroy s bill would free up Medicaid money for autism treatment
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Ramsey: A $5.5 billion shift in who pays for public education in Texas
Ross Ramsey
The Texas Tribune
Fast-rising property values in Texas can be hard on local taxpayers, but they’re gravy to the state government.
Because of the way public schools are funded, a rise in local property tax revenue means the state doesn’t have to send as much money to local school districts. The schools would get the same amount as before it’s not a budget cut but the money that might have come from the state comes instead from local school property taxes.
This year, that amounts to $5.5 billion most of it from property value increases. About 21% of that amount $1.2 billion comes from what the Legislative Budget Board called “lower-than-anticipated Average Daily Attendance rates, increased non-General Revenue Funds revenues, and federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding.”