Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

By Zach Despart and Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune Nov. 16, 2023 “Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential …

House Votes 84-63 to Strip Vouchers from Omnibus School Funding Bill

Above: Speaker of the House Dade Phelan oversees debate in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol. For all the clamor over what was being called a potentially “historic vote” for vouchers by the Texas House of Representatives, the bipartisan coalition of Democrats and rural Republicans maintained their long-standing opposition against school vouchers on the House floor today.  The writing was already on the wall for Governor Greg Abbott’s pet pr…

Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

The Texas House on Friday voted to strip school vouchers from the chamber’s massive education funding bill, effectively gutting Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority from the legislation.

House removes vouchers from education bill

AUSTIN — The Texas Hous voted Friday to strip school vouchers from the chamber’s massive education funding bill, effectively gutting Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority from the legislation.

Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

The ammendment effectively guts Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority from the legislation.

Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

An amendment filed by Rep. John Raney of College Station has the support of more than a dozen Republicans, enough to effectively kill the push for vouchers.