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Rural schools near Austin say they feel left behind as governor pushes for vouchers

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School leaders from Lockhart and Liberty Hill want the Texas Legislature to invest in public education, not create a program that uses tax dollars to pay for private schools.

, which represents about 375 small districts. He thinks the state’s Republican leaders may have forgotten the role rural districts play in their local economies and communities.

Abbott has said he will add public school funding to the special session agenda — only if the Legislature approves education savings accounts, a voucher-like program. One of the students at the tailgate is Mason. Now a high school junior, he remembers coming to the tailgate when he was in fifth and sixth grade.

He added that the state is not fully funding public schools right now, which makes the push for vouchers even more concerning.

 

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