Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he is doing his best to promote “school choice” in his home state, which he described as way behind on the issue compared with...
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. Public education advocates also argue that vouchers funnel money away from public schools, which serve more than 5 million children.
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