Claim: Says a voter-adopted constitutional amendment "instructed" a state board headed by Jerry Patterson to put $300 million in investment earnings into a fund supporting public school operations.
Fact-check: Progress Texas says constitutional amendment instructed board headed by land commissioner to transfer $300 million to school fund
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2012-09-21T00:00:00