The end of the multibillion-dollar school funding bill is a bittersweet victory for public education advocates who vehemently oppose school voucher programs but lament that schools won’t get additional funds to pay for teacher raises or balance budgets.
Students sit in the hall before heading to their first class at Yes Prep West Campus in Houston. A major school funding bill died Saturday — along with teacher raises and a voucher-like program — when lawmakers couldn't reach agreement before a key legislative deadline., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
But lawmakers could not reach a deal before 11:59 p.m. Saturday, the deadline to issue reports on bills they’ve negotiated. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, announced Saturday afternoon that lawmakers would not reach a deal because the Senate would not budge on vouchers. The Senate tried to avoid a potential special session by modifying HB 100. The House’s original version of the bill intended to allocate $4.5 billion in new funding for schools. The Senate turned it intothat incorporates several provisions of other proposals that didn’t make it through the legislative process, including education savings accounts that would’ve given parents who opt out of the public school system up to $8,000 in taxpayer money per student each year.
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