Texas state Rep. Vikki Goodwin makes the case against public school vouchers
I am strongly opposed to taking public tax dollars and spending them on private school tuition. In addition to pulling much needed funding away from the schools which serve over 90% of our students, there are other potential pitfalls.Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special session, which began on October 9. Throughout the 88th legislative session and during the interim, Gov. Abbott has pushed a plan for public school vouchers, which the Texas House opposed.
TRS provides a sturdy foundation for our teachers' retirement years. Now is not the time to put unneeded pressure on a system that 340,000 active public school teachers are counting on. Instead, now is the time to bolster TRS for those teachers, ensuring more regular cost of living adjustments to keep up with inflation and ever increasing costs for health care.
Voucher schemes won't just impact retired teachers. Vouchers jeopardize the retirement funds of staff, school counselors, principals, and countless other public school educators. Every employee at public colleges, from Texas State to Prairie View A&M, pays into TRS. Nearly every Texan can point to one of the 1.9 million active and retired Texas educators and name someone who made a positive difference in their life. I certainly can.
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