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Scholarship recipient urges Texas to back HB3, says school choice 'changed my life'
Summary
Ashley Elliott, who said she received a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, testified that school choice saved her from likely dropping out and urged Texas lawmakers to support HB3 as a way to expand those opportunities.
Ashley Elliott, a recipient of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, told a public comment forum that school choice "changed my life" and urged Texas lawmakers to support HB3 to expand such options.
Elliott said she struggled at home: "Both of my parents were addicted to drugs, and I was born addicted to them," and described the scholarship as the turning point that enabled her to graduate and go to college. "Without the scholarship, I don't know that I ever would have received an educational opportunity that would have fit my needs," she said.
Elliott framed her personal experience as a reason for Texas to pass HB3, which she identified as a school-choice measure: "I'm calling on all of Texas to support HB3 and make sure that we get school choice pass in Texas." The transcript contains no recorded response from lawmakers or a subsequent vote.
Her remarks were a personal testimony rather than a policy presentation; the transcript does not specify legislative details of HB3, funding mechanisms, or how the Florida program Elliott described compares legally to Texas proposals. No formal action or vote on HB3 is recorded in the provided transcript.
