December 13, 2016      5:08 PM

Abbott promises to sign the most pro-school choice law filed next session

Abbott even points to school choice as a fix for special ed crisis: “When I visited them about the possibility of school choice, you would see tears on the cheeks of moms….”

Gov. Greg Abbott agrees the Texas school finance system needs to be fixed, but it’s still unclear whether public schools will be happy with his proposed solution.

Abbott laid out his vision for the next session in a roundtable with reporters this afternoon. His most direct statements, however, were in response to a question on school choice. He said what is best for each child can vary: traditional school, charter school or even homeschool.

“I think the people who are best positioned to make the decisions about education are not leaders in Austin, Texas, but the parents of kids that go to school,” said Abbott, who was then pressed on whether he supported taxpayer-funded vouchers. “What I believe is I will be interested in school choice solutions that are offered up, and I would be interested in signing the most pro-school choice law that arrives on my desk.”

By Kimberly Reeves

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