AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry told a crowd at a Bexar County Republican Party fundraiser he plans to call the Legislature into special session later this month, two San Antonio lawmakers who attended the event said Tuesday.

Perry, who has said he'd consider calling a special session if leaders can agree on a school funding plan, didn't give that caveat in his speech at the fundraiser last week, the lawmakers said.

It was unclear how much should be read into that omission.

"He didn't say, 'If the House and Senate can agree.' He said, 'I plan to call them back in late June,'" said Sen. Jeff Wentworth.

"Unless he changes his mind, and unless he meant to say, 'As soon as (House Speaker Tom) Craddick and (Lt. Gov. David) Dewhurst can get together and come up with a compromise plan.' But he didn't say that," Wentworth added.

Wentworth said he believes a special session would be the right step to refocus lawmakers on fixing school finances, which were declared unconstitutional by a state judge in part because of a heavy reliance on local property taxes. The Texas Supreme Court has scheduled a July 6 hearing.

Rep. Frank Corte also said Perry indicated "he'd look to call us back at the end of June."

"The way it was presented, I think he was going to do his job to resolve the matter, and obviously, he can't pass the law. I guess his job would be to call us back to allow us to do that. There was not any elaboration on whether there was an agreement," Corte said.

He said such an agreement, which eluded lawmakers in the 140-day regular session that ended May 30, should be established before a special session. "Otherwise," he said, "it would be a waste of taxpayer dollars."

Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt, asked whether the governor would consider calling lawmakers into special session absent an agreement among leaders, would only say: "He's confident they can reach an agreement. He's going to focus on the positive. He believes they can reach an agreement, and he'll call them back then."

Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, also attended the fundraiser and recalled Perry saying, "I wouldn't be making too many summer plans."

But noting the talk that has been swirling around the prospect of a special session, Straus said, "I don't remember specifically what the conditions were."

Straus said, however, that Perry "did indicate that he thought that it was important for legislators to communicate back to our leadership how important it is that we get on with this."

A school funding plan died in the regular session amid strong disagreement between the House and Senate over the mix of state business and sales taxes that should be raised in order to lower local school property taxes.

State law doesn't allow lawmakers or statewide officeholders to accept campaign contributions until after the period for Perry to sign or veto bills, which ends Sunday. But they can appear at a fundraiser for another group.