AUSTIN – The fight over whether to give families taxpayer dollars to pay private school tuition is taking center stage at the GOP-led Legislature on Thursday....
Supporters of the effort say parents must be financially empowered to send their children to schools that fit their needs.But critics contend voucher-like efforts often fail to cover the true cost of private schools, which don’t have to accept all students. Public school leaders fear education savings accounts will take money away from the campuses that serve the vast majority of Texas’ more than 5 million students.
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