"But the state program just isn't the right way to go about it."
It does not cut into other state programs or cause taxes to rise, he added.
The changes were to be paid for with $300 per pupil under a state program.
Eight of the 10 state programs have had gang problems.
That was a key part of the state program as well.
Texas spent at a rate of just 14 cents on state programs.
Their states pay the entire amount, because these are state programs.
Several small companies have also been drawn to the area by a $2.2 million state program to bring in businesses.
It has since been expanded to the present $10 million state program.
She also called for an expansion of state programs that provide health insurance to poor children and their parents.