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Gov. Greg Abbott visits Athens Christian Prep to push school choice and education savings accounts
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Gov. Greg Abbott spoke at Athens Christian Preparatory Academy in Athens, Texas, urging support for expanded school choice and education savings accounts while saying the plan would not reduce funding for public schools; local leaders and a parent-empowerment campaign director joined the event.
Gov. Greg Abbott visited Athens Christian Preparatory Academy in Athens, Texas, and urged parents to back legislation expanding school choice and education savings accounts, saying the proposal would not divert funds from public schools.
"Not a single penny will be taken out of public education for this school choice program," Gov. Greg Abbott said, urging parents to contact legislators in Austin and to "get off the sidelines" and make their voices heard.
Abbott framed his education agenda around three pillars — excellent teachers, academic excellence and empowered parents — and said the state will provide historically large increases in public-education funding…
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