The Texas Senate passed two separate bills education bills Thursday — one to create a school voucher program letting parents use taxpayer money to send their kids to private school, and another to provide raises to public school teachers, the Texas Tribune reports.
The Republican governor said he won't pass raises for teachers unless the House approves a voucher bill nearly identical to one lawmakers rejected over the summer.
There's just one problem: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly said teachers won't see that raise unless the Texas House passes the school voucher bill first. The move essentially holds teacher's pay hostage over a piece of legislation widely opposed by Democrats and rural Republicans in the Texas House.
In addition to the new voucher proposal, the upper chamber passed Senate Bill 2, also authored by Creighton, which would infuse Texas' public schools with $5.2 billion to go toward teacher raises. The money also would increase per-pupil spending and help deal with rising costs. "I want to make sure we provide a carrot to make sure this legislation gets passed," Abbott reportedly said.
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