A school voucher deal between Gov. Greg Abbott and House would be a breakthrough, but whether they actually have a deal is unclear.
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks about the recent 88th Legislative Session to an audience at the Texas Public Policy Foundation offices in Austin, on June 2, 2023.and House leaders on school vouchers, a potential breakthrough after months of unsuccessful negotiations days before the end of the third special legislative session.Asked for comment, Phelan merely thanked Abbott for expanding the session agenda to allow bills that increase spending for public education.
“To my knowledge, there’s no deal,” Bailes said. “If public education, teachers and our kids’ safety was truly important, that would have been added on the call on Day Zero.” Under Abbott’s “deal,” parents would get access to about $10,400 per student to pay for private school tuition and other educational expenses — which is more money than both the House and Senate’s versions of the legislation. Any child would be eligible to have access to the funds and to sweeten the deal for reluctant House members, it includes funding for public schools and teacher raises.
Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, in a statement mentioned that there were also 20 House Republicans not present on Tuesday. Ali Zaidi, chief strategist for the caucus, said Republicans’ claims that Democratic leaders instructed members to break quorum were “unequivocally untrue.”
But he declined to say whether he believed it could pass in the House, where a coalition of Democrats and rural Republicans have signaled opposition to vouchers. Notably, none of the Republican holdouts joined Tuesday the news conference held by their caucus colleagues — Reps. Leach, Buckley, Jacey Jetton, Ryan Guillen and David Spiller.
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