National leaders mount pressure campaign on Texas House GOP to pass voucher bill

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows have focused attention at the start of the legislative session on supporting the plan to let families use state money to help pay the cost of private school. (Credit: Scott Stephen Ball for The Texas Tribune)

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School voucher supporters are mounting a full-court press early in the session to drive Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority through the Texas House, turning to a stable of powerful allies to strong-arm the lower chamber into finally letting some parents use public money for their children’s private school tuition.