school vouchers

Texas lawmakers are set to consider legislation this year that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their kids to nonpublic schools. Democrats and rural Republicans have previously blocked efforts to get school choice bills across the finish line.

At stops across Texas, Abbott sold his Education Savings Accounts plan for parents to use public money for private or home schools. That's been a sticking point for some in his base.

“The whole notion of vouchers. They were originally called segregation vouchers,” said Louis Malfaro, a leader in Pastors for Texas Children.

The SBOE’s Friday decision is somewhat surprising. In November of last year, the Republican-controlled Board overwhelmingly voted to reject “all attempts to divert public dollars away from public schools.”

O’Rourke is hammering Abbott over vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers are a political hot potato for Republicans.

Abbott said he supports giving parents the option to attend private school “with state funding following the student.” Such measures have failed in the Legislature in the past.

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