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December 25, 2025 3:30 PM
It’s the kind of objection that GOP opponents raised for years; now Abbott and Hancock look to change the rules after the fact with the help of the man Hancock voted to remove from office
After GOP
critics of school voucher programs for years warned that Madrassas – and other
schools that scare some conservatives – would be eligible to receive taxpayer
dollars under every iteration of such a system, Texas Republicans this year bent
to pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott to go ahead and approve it with no
guardrails for that.
It’s the
kind of objection that was often raised by then-Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo,
on the floor of the Texas Senate back during sessions when the proposal
would ultimately fail in the Texas House.
That opposition
angered Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who demoted the once powerful Senate
Higher Education Committee Chairman over it. But it didn’t matter at
the time to Gov. Abbott. He didn’t care about this, of course, until more than
$10 million flowed into his campaign account from school voucher supporter Jeff
Yass from Pennsylvania.
Now, after
the fact and amid anti-Muslim and anti-Chinese fervor in GOP primaries, Acting
Comptroller Kelly Hancock is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton whether
the state can legally exclude certain Islamic and Chinese-linked private schools
from the $1 billion initial program expected to ballon in cost in the coming
years.
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By Scott Braddock
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