Gov Abbott is serious about school vouchers... [View all]
After failing during the regular session to get his voucher bill passed, he called a Special Session where he lost again. Undeterred and armed with $6 million from a Pennsylvania billionaire, he is funding, endorsing, and campaigning for primary challengers against his own Republican legislators who voted NO on his voucher bill.
What are vouchers? Some call it school choice. Under the Governor's plan, for school property taxes paid, you would receive a voucher to pay tuition for your child to go to a private school. Which GOP legislators voted against this plan? They're mostly from rural areas where the school is the center of their community. Why did they vote against it? They realize they likely won't have the option of a private school in their community and they also know that any property tax money diverted to private schools will mean less money for their school.
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