Texas families would get $8,000 in tax dollars to send students to private school in sweeping ‘parental rights’ bill backed by Lt. Gov.

An empty classroom at Chapa Middle School in Kyle on Aug. 24, 2021. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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A sweeping education bill introduced in the Texas Senate late Friday would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools, establish new opportunities for parents to review instruction material and impose new rules on how gender and sexual orientation is taught in all grades.