Members of the Bexar County delegation could play a key role in the governor's push for education savings accounts.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.Texas State Rep. Steve Allison , a former president of Alamo Heights Independent School District, is one lawmaker that Democrats are counting on to reject Educations Savings Accounts in support of public schools.
For decades school choice in Texas has focused on vouchers, which would allow parents to move their child’s allotment of public school funding with them to another school. That freedom already exists when students enroll in public charter schools or transfer to a public school district that they don’t live in, but not when they enroll in a private school.
State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, HD 116 and State Rep. Diego Bernal, HD 123 address community members during a town hall meeting this summer.The conservative think tank Texas Public Policy Foundation, which has advocated for school choice since its creation in 1989, says its polling indicates roughly a third of school choice opponents support ESAs after hearing an explanation of how they work.
“The majority party tells us we are an ultra-conservative state. How was it conservative to build another school … across the street from one that’s not overflowing with people?” said state Sen. José Menéndez . “… We can’t give an inch on vouchers.
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