Texas House members voted Thursday to prohibit any use of state funds for school voucher-like efforts. Members approved a two-year budget that would slash...
. The program would provide families $8,000 to use for private school tuition or other educational expenses.
Buckley, whose mother taught in Killeen schools and whose wife is the assistant superintendent there, said he’s devoted to public schools but believes the budget prohibition short-circuits attempts to explore whether parents can be empowered, even as traditional public schools are strengthened.“Our kids are behind,” said Buckley, noting student achievement suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Herrero said public education is the biggest part of the budget because lawmakers have a constitutional requirement to provide a good system of free schools. In committee, Republicans accused DEI programs of spreading left-wing ideology, though they offered no specific example of that occurring on the campus of a Texas public university.
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