The Midland school district voted to sue Education Commissioner Mike Morath and state leaders this week, focusing on a piece of Texas’ school finance system known as recapture or “Robin Hood.” But the latest challenge from West Texas represents decades-long frustrations Texas schools hold with state leaders’ approach to paying for public education. In 1994 — the year after recapture passed into law — 34 school districts redistributed $131 million through the system, many of them in Texas’ wealthy suburbs, according to the Texas School Coalition, an organization advocating on behalf of recapture districts. Midland has consistently ranked top 10 in recapture districts over the last decade, according to the Texas School Coalition. Property taxes make up the majority of public school funding, while state dollars generally fill remaining gaps along with some federal aid.