(WBAP/KLIF) Austin – A proposal creating a school choice voucher program has been passed by the Texas Senate.
The vote on Senate Bill 2 took place less than a week after the Texas Senate Education Committee moved the bill forward.
The legislation would create education savings accounts providing parents $10,000.00 of state funds per student to subsidize the cost of private school.
The bill adds an additional $1,500.00 for children with disabilities.
Democratic senators who were unable to amend the bill Wednesday, asked whether education savings accounts will help low-income families. They also expresses concern that a voucher program would financially undermine public schools by taking students and state funds away from local districts.
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