Garcia: Under Abbott’s parental-choice plan, you get to choose your poison
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, left, signs a giant copy of his Parental Bill of Rights as Rep. John Lujan holds it for him at the PicaPica Plaza Event Center on the Southside of San Antonio on Monday, May 9, 2022. Several hundred Republican faithful attended the event.Greg Abbott’s current push for school vouchersThe Texas governor made his school-choice case during a Monday event on the South Side at PicaPica Plaza.
The paradox behind Abbott’s voucher plan is that the rural communities where his party’s support is concentrated generally are the regions that most value public education. They are blue-collar communities and many of them don’t have private-school options available to them.“One argument in the rural regions against this is they don’t have as many options to send students to and hence it kind of is irrelevant to the rural regions,” Abbott said.
State Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, mocked the governor’s position with a tweet pointing out that Republicans often accuse Democrats of being “urban elitists,” but Abbott’s parental-empowerment proposal is geared to serve big-city private schools. choice. Under Abbott’s plan, private schools will have the choice to receive tax money siphoned away from public schools, but they also have the prerogative of excluding any students they don’t feel like admitting.
“Every school will continue to be fully funded on a per-student allocation, based upon the number of students who go to that particular school,” Abbott said. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all in favor of parental choice. I just don’t define it the same way as our state’s political leaders.If you want to send your kids to a religious school, a secular private school or school them at home, you’re entitled to that choice. I just don’t believe it’s a choice that should be paid for by the taxpayers of Texas.
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