Houston ISD will once again be funding small schools in the district with a subsidy after trustees unanimously voted for it Thursday.

The plan keeps the subsidies in place, but reduces the funding by $961 or less per school. Trustees voiced concerns about an earlier plan, which would have implemented cuts from about $100 to $14,000.

The smallest schools in the Houston Independent School District receive some funding based on a formula the Houston Independent School District's board adopted years ago, which is based on programs offered such as music or theater, and on organizational structure such as one set up around smaller class sizes.

The small-school subsidy debate does not seem to be over. Trustee Paula Harris said the plan the board adopted Thursday is just a temporary fix, not a solution.

Trustee Larry Marshall agreed with Harris. In the clip below, Marshall discusses the history of the small schools as responses to desegregation.