House committee members clash over details of proposed Texas school voucher bill
Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the past couple of years has driven a wedge in the Republican Party and prompted Gov. Greg Abbott last year to help unseat incumbent Republican lawmakers who stood against a "school choice" proposal in 2023.
Hollie Plemons took her seat before a panel of lawmakers in Austin to make her conservative case against school vouchers.
The bill is based on debunked claims that public schools were encouraging so-called furries. Lawmakers have used the claims ...
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The governor's remarks seemed to call back unfounded rumors that public schools across the country were catering to students ...
The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...
There is a disconnect between the rhetoric and what the bill actually says,” Democrat James Talarico summarized of House Bill ...
As state House members began debating a school voucher plan on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott appeared more optimistic than ever ...
The committee recently heard testimony from educators and others on school vouchers, former Lufkin ISD superintendent, Roy Knight spoke against the bill. “Let’s put our money back where our neediest ...
With diminished power to block school vouchers this legislative session, Texas Democrats sought Tuesday to frame public discussion on the contentious issue around one question: Should the state allow ...
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