Gov. Greg Abbott called for universal ESAs in Texas as lawmakers prepare for a heated fight over school vouchers.
advocated for a voucher program that would allow families to use public funds to attend private schools“Empowering parents means giving them the choice to send their children to any public school, charter school or private school with state funding following the student,” Abbott said at a San Antonio rally in May., saying he would sign any school choice legislation that crossed his desk.
But school voucher proposals and similar initiatives that direct public dollars toward private school education have faced a tough path through the Texas Legislature. Rural Republicans tend to oppose the initiatives because students in their areas often lack alternatives to public schools.that the reason Texas has not embraced the concept as aggressively as some other red states is that school districts are often the largest employer in rural parts of Texas, and those superintendents have been able to influence Republican officeholders.
Conservative groups have often pushed voucher initiatives, including the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which launched a parental empowerment tour and touted expanded school choice as a top priority in 2023.
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