The Texas House of Representatives met in special session for the fourth time, called together by Governor Greg Abbott specifically to pass voucher legislation. The House voted to strip vouchers out of HB1.
Rural Republicans sunk the voucher program, joined by every Democrat.
The vote to kill vouchers passed by 84-63.
Those opposed to vouchers included 21 Republicans, which was 25% of all Republicans in the House.
The vote for vouchers was 63 Republicans and 0 Democrats.
Will Governor Abbott understand? Vouchers will not pass. Rural Republicans support their public schools.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Yes, because rural politicians recognize that charters are not going to go to rural communities as there is no profit there.
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Thanks to the resolve of the rural Republicans and Democrats Abbott’s wasteful vouchers have once again been blocked.
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Superb news, this! YAY!!!
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Great news. I needed that.
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The billionaires that own Abbott and who are behind this voucher movement that’s designed to destroy public education so the billionaires can decide how our children are programmed to think like they want them to think, are only going to spend tons of money to get those 21 republicans replaced with fascist loving MAGA ditto heads who have already been programmed by FOX fake NEWS.
It will be up to those rural voters to keep their Republicans in office.
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