Newly elected members pushed the State Board of Education further right.
Texas private school voucher push primed by culture wars, pandemic
The board’s initial set of legislative priorities called on state lawmakers to “reject all attempts to divert public dollars away from public schools in the form of vouchers,” along with other similar mechanisms “that have the effect of reducing funding to public schools.”new contingent of conservative board membersThursday’s vote was an immediate sign of how the recently-elected members could influence the board’s direction.
Democrat Aicha Davis, who represents Dallas, expressed frustration with the board for reopening the debate on its legislative priorities. Traditional vouchers, meanwhile, often send funding straight to the private school or educational institution where a student is enrolled.Voucher-like initiatives historically faced an uphill battle in Texas, where they have been defeated by a coalition of urban Democrats and rural Republicans who did not want to funnel state money away from public schools.
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