August 29, 2024      3:00 PM

SB: In campaign mailers, school voucher group rallies support for pro-voucher Texas House Republicans by stressing the need for more public education funding

Ahead of November, Representatives Caroline Harris and Angie Chen Button are already getting third party support from a prominent pro-voucher group that’s going out of their way to not mention “school choice”

At least two Republican Texas House members who sided with Gov. Greg Abbott on a key amendment last year concerning school vouchers are now getting help in reaching out to voters from one of the most prominent pro-school voucher groups. But that group isn’t mentioning “school choice” or vouchers in their direct mail appeals to voters.

Instead, the American Federation of Children is stressing that Representatives Caroline Harris of Williamson County and Angie Chen Button of Richardson are supporters of “higher pay for teachers, more money for schools, and higher quality schools for children.” Not one word about the group’s signature issue: Private school vouchers or “education savings accounts.”

Mmhmm.

By Scott Braddock

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