At the Texas Capitol, debate is underway over a plan to offer tens of thousands of Texas families the financial flexibility to send their kids to 'private' rather than 'public' schools.
At the Texas Capitol, debate is underway over a plan to offer tens of thousands of Texas families the financial flexibility to send their kids to "private" rather than "public" schools. FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan has been following the controversial issue closely.Senate the crusade for "school choice" has begun with a proposal to offer 60,000 students $8,000 per year state-funded stipends to attend the private school of their parent's choosing.
FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV! "You can put lipstick on it. You can dress it up. You can put some jewelry on it, but we are still at the very bottom when it comes to funding our public education system. We are still playing catch up to get with other states," said State Senator Carol Alvarado of Houston.
Other critics viewed the extension of publicly funded choice as a subsidy for parochial schools with insufficient accountability for the tax dollars spent. "I think actually we are crossing the line between church and state even if it's not intended," said State Senator Nathan Johnson of Dallas.
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