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Trustees return from Austin: voucher debate, basic allotment and security funding dominate legislative worries
Summary
Three trustees summarized their recent legislative conference, warning of likely voucher (ESA) legislation, divided House and Senate positions on public-school funding and concerns about strings on targeted funding for teachers and campus safety.
Several Birdville ISD trustees who attended a legislative conference reported back to the board on Feb. 27, emphasizing a likely state voucher debate, continuing pressure on the state basic allotment and concerns about how targeted state dollars will be administered.
Trustee Mr. Tolbert summarized his takeaways: he said both the Senate and the House had passed different voucher proposals and that, in his view, the final legislation will create education savings accounts or vouchers. "I my takeaway was they're gonna have a voucher bill," Tolbert said, and he warned that voucher…
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