With the clock winding down on the third special legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas House are at an impasse over school vouchers, the governor’
President Joe Biden and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a joint press conference at the White House.by Zach Despart and Brian Lopez, The Texas TribuneHouse Speaker Dade Phelan listens to state Representatives on the House floor during Sine Die, the last day of the 88th Texas Legislative Session, at the Capitol in Austin on May 29, 2023.
“I think there is still significant opposition to any school finance bill that includes an ESA,” said Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo. “I’m comfortable we have enough like-minded rural Republicans, and urban Republicans, to stand against that in numbers sufficient to defeat it.” Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze said the governor and Phelan agreed on Friday to keep working on a deal.
The special session ends Nov. 7. Abbott has said he will call a fourth special session to try again on vouchers if necessary, and if that fails, said he will support pro-voucher challengers to incumbent Republicans who oppose them. Abbott could consider a compromise that addresses these concerns by simultaneously increasing funds for public education, as HB 1 would. But that does not change the reality that some of the holdouts oppose vouchers on principle.
Buckley, who previously opposed vouchers and now chairs the public education committee, had also unsuccessfully attempted to assemble a voucher bill acceptable to the House and Abbott in May. He and Phelan did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
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