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at the governor’s expense. These were countered by thousands of emails and phone calls and dozens of opposition rallies featuring coalition members. Still, Abbott has promised a future special session on vouchers. Thespoke with Charles Luke, who coordinates the coalition, and the Rev. Charles Johnson, who leads the member organization, who together suggest that Abbott give up and focus on Texans’ real needs.
Can you describe Abbott’s attempts to convince rural residents to support vouchers and pit them against urban communities?There was a measure that would have given districts $10,000 for each student on a voucher if that district had less than 20,000 kids. It would be a period of two years and then after that it was upped to five years.
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