Shutting the door on school vouchers??
Posted by Texas Education on November 13, 2008
Woo Hoo! I just found a fantastic new source for information on education. Post cards from the Lege! I love it, and the first article I found…vouchers! At least, trying to defeat vouchers. Go Kirk Watson!!!! We will be keeping an eye on this one!
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, is looking to close what some public school advocates say was a back door to private school vouchers.
SB 186, submitted on Monday, removes language from the education code that allows nonprofit organizations to get certain public grant money.
The inclusion of that language in the 2007 law allowed nonprofit private schools to compete for the public grant and made the relatively small $6 million program to help dropouts the focus of intense criticism.
Three nonprofit organizations were among the recipients, which prompted a lawsuit from the Texas State Teachers Association. The association failed in an effort to block the Texas Education Agency from disbursing money to the nonprofits but the overall lawsuit continues.
