May 31, 2016 4:54 PM

SB: Patrick asks schools to risk funding while laying groundwork to redirect their funds to vouchers

Lite Guv uses toilet talk to say he’s defending public schools; simultaneously takes aim at redirecting their funding for “school choice” programs

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday announced he is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in with an official opinion on whether the Fort Worth ISD’s policy on protections for transgender students is legal under Texas law.

My fellow former radio talk show host acknowledged that he is “not a lawyer,” so he’s asking an indicted lawyer’s office whether Superintendent Kent Scribner has violated the Texas Education Code with a restroom policy to accommodate transgender students.

The Texas Senate’s presiding officer accused the school district of holding “sham hearings” on the policy – a statement loaded with irony given the way the Senate, under Patrick’s leadership, has become a no man’s land for stakeholders on a variety of issues.

By Scott Braddock