Commerce ISDsuperintendent Blake Cooper says the booming Texas energy industry, boosted in a major way by the controversial practice of fracking, may mean a boost in funding for Texas public schools when the state legislature meets year. But he's not taking that for granted.
Booming energy sector has Commerce ISD, others hoping for a boost in funding
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