May 22, 2017      1:48 AM
Updated: With school vouchers added, Senate passes HB 21 on a vote of 21 to 10
it’s bound to end up something of a disappointment to both chambers, if it eventually passes at all
Republicans pushed a combined school finance and school choice
bill through the Senate early this morning along a party line vote, 21-10.
As everyone remembers, the House gave the Senate
the school finance package that the lower chamber wanted.
In exchange, the Senate gave the House its pared-down
education savings account. The discussion that may now play out in a conference
committee is whether each can accept the other’s gift in what will most likely
turn into a twisted un-holiday version of O.
Henry’s Gift
of the Magi.
By Kimberly Reeves
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