From JUSTTHENEWS.COM
On Thursday, the Texas Senate passed the state’s first parental rights and school choice bill, SB 8, filed by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, who chairs the Senate’s Education Committee.
After a marathon hearing that lasted over 11 hours and hundreds of witnesses who testified for and against the bill, the state Senate Committee on Education passed the bill by a vote of 10-2 on March 28. On April 6, after 29 amendments were offered, several of which failed, the bill passed 18 to 13.
The bill now heads to the House, where its passage remains tenuous despite Gov. Greg Abbott making parental rights and school choice a legislative priority.
On Thursday, during budget deliberations, House Republicans approved an amendment to ban state funds from supporting Education Savings Accounts in opposition to the Senate plan…. (Read more)
