Since the 1980's, Texas has had a school "recapture" program, aka Robin Hood, where local tax money from "rich" schools districts is taken away from them and given to "poor" school districts.

For La Joya ISD, the one that built the water park, 75% of their money comes from the Robin Hood program. 15.3% from the federal government. Locals pay only 9.7%.

https://empowertexans.com/quicktakes...-you-imagined/




A Texas school district opened a water park - and you paid for it
https://abc13.com/education/a-texas-...or-it/4162905/

Nearly 94 percent of the students in La Joya are considered "economically disadvantaged".

The park was built from the school's main education fund, commonly called the general fund. It wasn't paid for through bonds or any other credit. The district had the money available.



Impoverished Texas Border School District Faces Questions for $20M Sport and Water Park
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018...nd-water-park/

Questions surround how a small, impoverished South Texas border school district paid for a $20 million “sports and learning” complex that houses a 90,000 square foot water park.
In April, the La Joya Independent School District opened a one-of-a-kind 215-acre attraction that contains the state’s only public school-owned water park–a 6,124 square foot, full-dome planetarium, a 27-hole golf course, 30,000 square foot tennis courts, and 21,993 square foot natatorium.