From Spectrum News:
“In a last-ditch effort to pass a “school choice” bill this legislative session, Senate Republicans are coupling the contentious voucher-like program with a House bill related to teacher pay.”
“’For every child that leaves, we’re drawing away public dollars from the public school, which means they have less resources to serve the increasingly greater needs of the students who remain. We can see that the students are going to be left behind are the high needs students,’” said Aleman. “’We’ll try to stay vigilant to make sure that public schools live up to their promise to all students, including students with disabilities.”
To read the full article, Texas Senate committee updates school funding bill to include education savings accounts, visit the Spectrum News website.