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Texas Gov. Greg AbbottA Republican, on Saturday, signed a school’s choice law, which will allocate $ 1 billion for a Vaučer program on Saturday, which enables parents to use public funds to pay tuition fees at the private school of his child.
The implementation of the program is removed by the long -standing efforts of Republicans who are advocating for the election of school. Vouchers fans have long focused on Texas, where the previous efforts failed due to the resistance of democrats and rural Republicans.
Last month, President Donald Trump called on the state legislators ahead of the key voice on the proposal of the law to finally send the measure to the Abbott table. The Texas Senate adopted the Senate of the Law 2 Party of 19-12 votes on April 24 after the state home approved the bill 86-63 by voting a week before.
“When I was running for a re -election in 2022, I promised the selection of the Texas Family School,” Abbott said before signing a bill in the Governor’s castle. “We promise that today.”
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The Government of Texa Greg Abbott, a Republican, on Saturday signed the Law on School Choice. (Reuters/Callaghan O’Hare)
Abbott was joined by Lieutenantman Dan Patrick, Dustin Burrols State House speaker, Bill author and state senator Brandon Creighton, American senator John Cornyn, proponents of school election and students and their families.
“From here forward, [Texas students] They will have an unlimited potential and unlimited education option to continue the rest of their path and education and what their families do best, which in itself was worth traveling, “Creighton said.
Texas joins more than 30 other countries that already have similar programs. The Lone Star state will have the largest Voucher program in the country.
The school vouchers were Abbott’s main focus this year, after last year’s election cycle in which he called Republican elementary voters to remove from the legislators of Office GOP who voted against a similar law at the last legislative session supported by the governor.
The Lone Star state will have the largest Voucher program in the country. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
Account supporters say they will give parents more options by allowing them to pull their children out public schools poor performance In favor of alternative public or private choices.
“There are days in which families are limited only to the schools assigned by the Government,” Abbott said. “A day has arrived that allows parents to choose a school that is best for their child.”
Democrats and Republicans in rural districts who criticized the program claim that it will draw financial resources Texas students of public schools And subsidize private education of rich families.
“Let’s be clear: this account is the best for the richest people in the country, and Rural Texas will especially get the shaft,” said the President of the Texas Democratic Party Kendall Scudder in a statement. “For all that, Abbott’s school at school is completely, without end.”
Texas joins more than 30 other countries that already have similar programs. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Starting from the next school year, families can receive $ 10,000 a year to help pay tuition fees or the costs of their child’s private school for home training programs and virtual learning. Children with disabilities can qualify for as much as $ 30,000 a year.
The program will be limited to $ 1 billion for the first year and cover up to 90,000 students. But by 2030, this could cost up to $ 4.5 billion a year.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
