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One political science professor believes the Senate will easily pass Gov. Abbott's goal legislation during this special session, which begins Monday, but the House will be a different story.The future of Texas' education will be up for debate in a special session, but experts said the mess left behind from Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial could impact the process.
"There's a lot of reluctance for those rural lawmakers to do anything that could potentially undermine the local ISD," Jones said. If you remove your kid, an education savings account would open. Money would be put there. Parents could use the money for private school, homeschooling or private tutoring. If it does pass, it doesn't mean everyone will receive money.
"It is possible some type of pilot project or some kind of watered down form of voucher legislation could pass out of the House, but I don't know if the republican controlled Senate under Dan Patrick or Governor Abbott would consider that sufficient," Jones explained. While lawmakers will discuss vouchers, teacher raises are not on the agenda. Jones said it could be because the governor wants to save it until lawmakers finish vouchers.
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