Medina Independent School District Superintendent Kevin Newsom doesn’t mince words when talking about how the state treated his district under House Bill 3. The public school funding law passed by the Texas Legislature this year aimed to lower property taxes for property owners and give teacher raises among other things. It appears to have done that but not without taking a toll on some school districts like Medina ISD, Newsom said. “The issue with House Bill 3 is how it treated all school districts differently. We waited eight-to-ten years looking for a new school finance bill with some parity where rural school districts ...