The most fundamental obligations of our schools is to teach our children to read and do math at grade level or above. Parents, students, taxpayers, and legislators have a right to know if our schools are teaching our students to read and do math at grade level. Now more than ever, Texans need accurate information about school performance, as taxpayers may be asked to invest an additional $5 billion per year—on top the $62 billion they are already spending—on public education.
Testimony on Substitute Language for Plank 101, the School Choice Plank
The substitute language for Plank 101 is as follows: “Promoting Parental Choice: We support the right of parents to enroll their child in a traditional public school, private school, charter school, or to homeschool as they choose and believe all state funding for K-12 education should follow the child. We oppose any attempt to regulate...