Posted on 11/27/2022 5:06:33 PM PST by JeepersFreepers
Last week, the Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education met for their final meetings of the year and voted to formally oppose school choice in the upcoming 2023 legislative session.
“The Texas State Board of Education calls on the Texas Legislature to reject all attempts to divert public dollars away from public schools in the form of vouchers, an education savings account, taxpayer savings grants, tuition-tax credits, a business franchise tax credit or an insurance premium tax credit, or any other mechanisms that have the effect of reducing funding to public schools.”
There are nine Republicans on the board and six Democrats. In the final vote of 11-2, with two members abstaining, five Republicans joined the Democrats to make this anti-student position the SBOE legislative priority for 2023.
Matt Robinson (R-Friendswood), Audrey Young (R-Apple Springs), Pam Little (R-Fairview), Sue Melton-Malone (R-Robinson), Jay Johnson (R-Pampa), Aicha Davis (D-Dallas), Georgina Perez (D-El Paso), Ruben Cortez (D-Brownsville), Marisa Perez-Diaz (D-Converse), Lawrence Allen (D-Houston), and Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D-San Marcos) all voted in support of the anti-student position.
Will Hickman (R-Houston) and Tom Maynard (R-Florence) voted against, while Patricia Hardy (R-Fort Worth) and Chairman Keven Ellis (R-Lufkin) abstained from voting.
However, in Wednesday’s preliminary vote of 8-3, Maynard, Young, and Melton-Malone were the lone three votes against the then-proposed SBOE priority.
School choice is a Texas GOP legislative priority for 2023, approved by thousands of grassroots delegates to the Republican Party convention in June, and defined as “where the money follows the child without strings attached.”
The SBOE priority is nearly a direct replication of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) priority, which states, “TASB calls upon the Texas Legislature to prevent any transfer of public funds using vouchers, education savings accounts, or corporate tax credits to private schools or individuals, including the expansion of virtual instruction by corporations.”
TASB—a behemoth statewide taxpayer-funded lobbying group for school officials—often works to persuade legislators to withhold power and education funds from parents.
Since it is difficult for Democrats to win elections in Texas, they run as Republicans but vote with the Democrats. Unfortunately, Texas is overrun with RINOs.
Taxus has issues.
“Since it is difficult for Democrats to win elections in Texas, they run as Republicans but vote with the Democrats. Unfortunately, Texas is overrun with RINOs.”
They are LITERALLY RINOs here...they aren’t like most in Congress that support 95% of Trump’s judges (yet we call them RINOs because they don’t support the other 5%), the RINOs here are literally Democrats, and we pay the price.
Lots of fellow travelers in Texas...
School choice has always been a GOP bastion against government indoctrination...
Come on man, the public employee unions pay a lot for good government
How many of these were part of the "ed biz" bureaucracy before gaining office? I would bet most of them.
Screw the school board. Time for Texas Congress to become adults.
They turned deaf ears on voters, let's see what the legislature does.
RINOs are insidious. The difference between RINOs and avowed Democrats is that RINOs work within the Republican party to change Republican policies and agendas. They’re very effective. That’s why RINOs are worse than Democrats.
What in the world are they thinking!
So wrong for Texas!
School Choice is what Texas Wants!
What in the world are they thinking!
So wrong for Texas!
School Choice is what Texas Wants!
What in the world are they thinking!
So wrong for Texas!
School Choice is what Texas Wants!
It costs about $1,000,000 to get a charter school going. If anyone would rather put their $$ to good use INSTEAD of torching it in support of failed candidates, school choice in your local area is a great cause.
Sorry for the double post!
I’m so shocked!
Nutshell
Disgusting!!
Geee….I wonder who coulda paid off these hacks.
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Do any of them have relatives who are employed by public schools? That’s been a problem with some Republican congressional representatives in some places (daughters are teachers, etc.). They vote to funnel more money into public schools and support teachers’ and administrators’ social agendas (CRT, feminism, LGBTxxxx causes, etc.).
Uniparty globalist rule…
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