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Students dance in front of the Texas Capitol during a school choice rally, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. School choice supporters called for expanding voucher programs and charter schools statewide. AUSTIN — The State Board of Education changed its mind about school vouchers on Thursday night, voting to rescind its recommendation from late last year that the Legislature deny any measures to provide public funding for private schools.
In November, the Republican-majority on the state board approved legislative recommendations that included an item calling on lawmakers"to reject all attempts to divert public dollars away from public schools in the form of vouchers, an education savings account, taxpayer savings grants, tuition-tax credits, a business franchise tax credit or an insurance premium tax credit, or any other mechanisms that have the effect of reducing funding to public schools.
She noted that Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick support voucher programs, said the previous anti-voucher vote “felt like it was a very direct stance against our state leaders.” “There’s going to be a very rich and robust debate over this in the Legislature, and because of that I think it is appropriate to pull this item and let that rich and robust debate happen in the Legislature,” he said.
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