Even though Senate Bill 8 passed the Texas Senate, the House adopted a measure that would bar the state from using taxpayer money for private schools. Texas txlege SchoolVouchers GregAbbott TexasSchools SanAntonio SATX
Despite concerns from fellow state senators about possible fraudulent use of tax payer money and lower test scores, S.B. 8 passed the senate with no amendments.
Although the Texas Senate passed the bill Thursday on a partisan 18-13 vote, the House on the same day adopted a budget amendment proposed Rep. Abel Herrero, D-Robstown, that would essentially defund the proposal. Although SB 8 made it out of the Senate, yesterday's bipartisan 86-52 vote in the House amounts to a major hurdle for the legislation, which is opposed both by Democrats and many rural Republicans, the latter of whom worry it would decimate small-town public schools.
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