Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Gov. Abbott’s school voucher majority for 2025 session.
Since the Kingdom of Life Academy moved from its location at the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler to its own 23-acre space in town, they’veto get enough students to keep afloat, going from 10 students at the end of 2019 to 20 students this year.
Public education advocates say that while defeating school vouchers next legislative session will be an uphill battle, the fight isn’t over. Abbott declared that there are now 79 “hardcore school choice proponents” in the state House, enough to meet the simple 76-vote majority needed to pass a voucher bill. that Abbott is following the same playbook as in 30-some states where vouchers were passed. “A lot of outside dollars are spent on the Republican primary processes.
It may be wishful thinking to pin hopes of a voucher downfall to an off-chance cabinet appointment, but it is true that the policy’s passage is not set in stone. And across the 30-some states that have a school voucher program, Cowen notes that 70 percent of voucher users were The coming legislative session in 2025 could have an immense effect on the future of public education in Texas. Public ed backers hope the desire to protect public schools will help once again sway Texans to act and put pressure on their elected representatives.
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