Educators, elected officials and families say sending public dollars to private schools will harm already cash-strapped school districts.
Danelle Schwertner drove three and a half hours from her home in West Texas to join other school voucher opponents for a demonstration at the Texas Capitol on Saturday.school board, said a small, rural district like hers has a lot to lose if the Legislature approves a program that allows families to use taxpayer money to pay for private schools, including religious ones.
“Together, we will chart a brighter future for all Texas children by empowering parents to choose the best education option for their child,” Abbott said in a statement Bob Popinski is senior director of policy at Raise Your Hand Texas, a group that opposes school vouchers. He said Texas would need to increase the basic allotment, which is currently $6,160, by $1,100 just to make up for inflation.
“You can look to every other state that has done this across the nation and see how they started and where they are now,” he told KUT ahead of the rally.in July that vouchers may cost taxpayers more than $943 million in 2024, potentially resulting in a budget shortfall for the state. Thirty-four percent of Republicans said they considered voucher-type programs extremely important. That figure was 17% for Democrats.
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