AUSTIN, Texas – Republicans are making a last-ditch attempt to pass a school voucher-like bill this session by tethering it to teacher pay raises.
On Monday, the Senate education committee will consider school funding legislation that increases salaries for public school teachers, while also providing families with $8,000 a year to spend on private education.
The move would need sign off from the GOP-led Senate and House, where voucher-like efforts have met with resistance from a coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats.
