Chapter 313 economic development agreements attract jobs and investment to Texas, make money for the state and grow school districts’ tax bases. This reality runs contrary to pervasive and persistent myths about the program, which assert school districts that enter into Chapter 313 agreements must be “subsidized” by the state. Misrepresentations about this program hurt…

Chapter 313, a decades-old law designed to lure companies to Texas with property tax breaks, expires in 2022. Lawmakers looking to renew it face opposition from critics who say it’s unfair to many Texas schools.