A variety of school choice bills were filed during the 80th Legislature. This paper summarizes the bills, describes various types of school choice, and recommends policy changes that will increase options for more Texas students.
Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say?
Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say? We are less than nine months away from the start of the 89th Texas Legislature, and public-school elites and special interest have already started to claim that our public education system is underfunded. Facing a $60 million budget deficit, Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura said that the...