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Delegation debates education scholarships and a bill to restore voluntary prayer, Bible instruction
Summary
Legislators discussed expansion of Education Freedom Scholarships (K-12 scholarships often called vouchers) and HB 1491, a bill to allow voluntary prayer in schools and return the Bible to classrooms as history and literature.
State legislators on the Williamson County panel discussed two major education items on the legislative calendar: an expansion of Education Freedom Scholarship seats (often described as scholarships rather than vouchers) and House Bill 1491, which would permit vocal, voluntary prayer in public schools and authorize teaching the Bible as history and literature.
Sen. Jack Johnson described the scholarship expansion as taking place in tranches: priority for…
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