Though lawmakers have drafted a bill to increase public school funding and issue teacher raises, they cannot pass during the special session unless Abbott adds them to his agenda. Teachers were the only state employees to not receive a raise in...
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks a at the Texas Public Policy Foundation offices in Austin, on June 2, 2023. He said Thursday he'll add school funding and teacher raises to the ongoing special session if lawmakers pass a school voucher program, one of his legislative priorities this year.
During the regular session, lawmakers failed to pass a number of policies to support teachers amid a standoff over school vouchers. The stalemate came despiteto better teachers’ working conditions from a task force assembled by Abbott last year to examine the state’s worsening teacher shortage. Abbott, who took the stage at the summit just a few blocks from the Texas Capitol, said he thinks the House is at the “one-yard line” from passing education savings accounts. A coalition of Democrats and rural Republicans have historically blocked voucher legislation in the House.
“Some of the Republicans that aren’t voting for it are very scared to go against the school, principal, superintendent,” Frank said. “These are very well-connected people in every district in the state. Those are not people that you want to cross, if you can help it politically. I don’t like crossing them.”
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