With time running out, House punts on taking action on school vouchers

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Gov. Greg Abbott just announced he’d reached a deal with the House to advance school vouchers, but with less than a week before the Legislature must adjourn the lower chamber took no action on the governor’s priority legislation.

Dade Phelansaid he believed the Legislature could pass a school vouchers bill before the end of the special legislative session, the House all but killed any deal.

The special session ends Tuesday and the House has not so much as considered a voucher bill in committee, an early step in the lawmaking process. “The Senate will concur if we agree with the House's changes or try to work out the differences in conference,” PatrickBut no bill materialized in the lower chamber, and House members took no action on the Senate’s voucher bill., R-Killeen and chair of the public education committee, told KUT that the timing was “too tight” to pass a vouchers bill before the Tuesday deadline.

 

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