Gov. Greg Abbott Threatens Special Session If Lawmakers Fail to Expand School Choice Bill
Texas state lawmakers could be headed back to Austin this summer if they fail to pass school choice legislation for millions of students before the close of session on May 29, warned Gov. Greg Abbott.
“Parents and their children deserve the time and effort this will take,” Abbott said in a statement posted on Twitter May 14.
Abbott posted the statement after the Texas House Committee on Public Education proposed a significantly altered version of Senate Bill 8, a school choice bill that would provide up to $8,000 per year per student to Texas families who want to move their children into private schools or other alternatives….