Gov. Greg Abbott is proposing a major change in public education in Texas by advocating...
Viola Mercedes Prado, 9, of San Antonio, stands on a light pole holding up a sign during a rally in front of the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Thousands of students, parents and other advocates of school vouchers held a rally to supports a plan that would allow state money for private schools. With one sentence, Gov.
In Texas, schools are funded on a per-student basis based on average attendance. Under the plan Abbott outlined, the money that goes with a student to public school would instead follow the child to a private school, charter school or another public school. Now they are all praising Abbott in hopes that Texas is finally ready to follow other states such as Florida, which has a limited school voucher program. The Texas chapter of the American Federation for Children declared Abbott’s comments a “landmark change.”
Public school advocates are already blasting Abbott’s latest proposal. The Association of Texas Professional Educators made clear it will fight private school vouchers no matter what terminology Abbott uses.
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