Long Legislative Road for Voucher Bills Begins
by Morgan Smith
A
preview of the looming battle at the Texas Capitol over school
vouchers played out Thursday (March 26) as a state Senate panel considered two
proposals to provide state financial support to parents who want to send
their children to private schools.
Debate
focused on how to ensure taxpayer funds are well spent at participating private
schools as lawmakers traded questions over whether such plans would
improve education in the state.
“I
think there is not a greater accountability than someone who can make a choice
by moving their business,” said state Sen. Donna Campbell,
the New Braunfels Republican carrying one of the bills.
For
other members of the Senate Education Committee, that was
not enough.
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