The Texas governor was criticized for his handling of state education funding.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was criticized by a home state newspaper for how he has dealt with the issue of education funding.Abbott spent more than a year trying to get his voucher program passed by the Texas House of Representatives but saw it rejected by the end of 2023.His 'school choice' plan would see families given state money to pay for their children's education at private schools, with the goal to give parents more control over what their kids are being taught.
'In school districts across the state, schools have identified that another reason they have less revenue is that they have fewer students enrolled in classes: many parents across the state with whom I have visited complain about their growing dissatisfaction with the ideological leanings of education delivered by some public schools.
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