Gov. Greg Abbott and House leaders are running out of time in which to ease a deadlock over giving teachers bonuses and giving parents money to use for...
Abbott won’t expand session agenda to include school funding until House passes education savings accounts. And it’s balking.
The clock is ticking. Wednesday marked Day 17 of the special session. Such sessions cannot last more than 30 days.And neither side is blinking. The House has not begun moving any education bills. Abbott has not enlarged the session’s “call,” or agenda, to include school finance and accountability. As of late Wednesday Phelan had not referred to a committee Rep. Brad Buckley’s bill, filed late Thursday, that funnels more money to schools and creates education savings accounts.
The conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, perhaps Abbott’s strongest ally in this year’s ESA fight, sent an email blast to supporters Wednesday that raised the decibel level.School board trustees “are spreading misinformation and lies” about school choice and “going wild to defend territory—control over our kids and control over the cash,” foundation point person Mandy Drogin said.
But the House bill would tie the ESA amount to 75% of the statewide average amount spent per public school student by the state and school districts in the most recent year. It would be up to Education Commissioner Mike Morath, an Abbott appointee, to calculate the figure. Informally, school-group analysts have estimated the House ESA could be worth anywhere from $7,500 to $9,750.
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