[ATPE Executive Director Dr. Shannon Holmes is quoted in this article]
After Tuesday's Republican gains, Gov. Greg Abbott said there will be a comfortable, 79-vote majority of "true, hardcore school choice proponents" in the Texas House next year to enact his voucher proposal and break a decadeslong logjam of the controversial legislation. While pledging to finally pass his plan to allow parents to access state funds to use on private school tuition, transportation, uniforms and other expenses, Abbott told supporters in Tyler that he also planned to "fully fund" public schools, to give teacher pay raises, to increase funding for a state merit pay raise program and to invest in workforce readiness programs for high school students who don't wish to attend college.
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