Those in favor of the bill say parents are best equipped to teach children about topics like gender identity and sexual orientation.
Historically, rural Republicans have opposed programs similar to vouchers because they fear they could take away money from their local school districts, which are often large employers with fragile budgets. SB 8, however, seeks to address those concerns by shielding school districts with fewer than 20,000 students from any funding losses caused by the savings account program.
Schools in Texas are largely funded based on student attendance numbers. Those smaller districts would receive $10,000 for two years for every student who enrolls in the savings account program and leaves their district. SB 8 is likely to get approval from the full Senate, but it is not yet clear if the added funding for smaller districts will be enough to get the legislation through the House, which has been traditionally more skeptical of similar programs.
Oh man it’s not gonna get better until we vote these bozos out of office.
Just a little back of the napkin math... 'For the 2023 school year, there are... 331,780 students in Texas' private schools. x $8,000/year. That's more than $2.5 billion every year for students already in private schools.
Of course it passed the Senate. Most senators listen to Lt Dan’s marching orders, not their constituents back in their district. Dr Charles Schwartner is one of the top 10 at doing such.
Trump Devos plan to bring public school funding to profit schools. GOP stripping public schools to pay 'for profit' schools. Can do this but keep teachers at poverty pay level. Can you live on $35k a year? TXTeachersCan texasdemocrats TexasGOP
Why suppress education in grade school when it will still be taught in colleges? TexasGOP texasdemocrats you can't erase history or cover it up.
If this passes, anyone with children in the public schools (esp. elementary grades) needs to make a plan to GTFOH because this will destroy public education in TX. It will be a slow-rolling disaster (think frog-in-pot). But hey, rich people are going to get a nice coupon!
... and yet ANOTHER reason why for-profit schools need to go extinct. Sounds like Abbott got a kick back from somebody.
Impressive level of hypocrisy all in one bill.
Ridiculous
Public school teachers lobbied hard to keep classrooms closed for two years during the pandemic. Kids found out that remote learning offers some benefits. When tens of thousands of students opt for homeschooling, it will be poetic justice.
'shielding school districts with fewer than 20,000 students from any funding losses caused by the savings account program' That should get the rural vote in the House.
Well since kids keep getting shot in schools, maybe homeschooling in America is the only way to keep your kids alive. ☹️
It is time for parental choice to ruin public schools and the unions that have made it into a mockery for actual education
I didn't agree to have my tax dollars used to send rich people's kids to school. Nor did I agree to force public schools to close so poor kids could be chastised and bullied by rich kids in school. AbbottFailedTexasAgain
Disgusting all the way around
Bye, bye rural schools and communities.
'... allow families to use *their* taxpayer money to send their children...' There, I fixed it.
Awesome!
So send tax money to schools they can’t regulate but then inflict their asinine thinking on the public schools bc they can?
I OBJECT to my hard earned money arbitrarily being given to the private sector.
I want to know if the posting rules were followed for the Tuesday meeting. Knew about Wednesday.
I can’t believe this is happening to our public schools in Texas. Texas of all freaking places.🙄
'We must protect our children from having to show tolerance for people who don't look or think like us!' - Texas GOP
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