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The behemoth House bill — 180 pages strong — also contains proposals for school funding, teacher retention programs and other school-related issues. The bill hasn’t yet been heard in the ...
The program, also known as vouchers or education savings accounts, would use public money to cover some or all of the cost of a student's private school tuition. It has been the priority issue for ...
State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, the Democratic caucus leader, told reporters Tuesday that Abbott "just needs to read the room" and recognized the votes are not there to enact a voucher bill.
The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.
It was unusual among school voucher proposals in that it required neither accreditation on the part of schools accepting vouchers, nor proof of need on the part of families applying for them; neither did it have any requirement that schools accept vouchers as payment-in-full, nor any other provision to guarantee a reduction in the real cost of ...
AFCGF supports the creation and expansion of school voucher, corporate tax credit, and other school choice programs. The organization is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and receives its funding through private individual and foundation donations. [2]
The Texas Legislature convenes on Jan. 10. From property taxes to school vouchers, the agenda for the coming Texas legislative session is taking shape as bills are filed in preparation for January.
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