April 14, 2025      5:46 PM

Ahead of expected voucher vote, GOP sources say Gov. Abbott is fighting a Republican proposal to put the issue to a statewide vote

Some House Republicans support putting vouchers on the ballot this fall. QR has learned there may be as many as 85 R and D votes in the House for that; Abbott is privately telling members such a move would be unconstitutional, per sources. But there is precedent for it

Despite his public insistence that there are enough votes in the Texas House to pass “school choice,” Republican sources on Monday indicated Gov. Greg Abbott is privately furious with some GOP lawmakers who want to make changes to his signature initiative.

Those possible changes include a provision that, if adopted, could trigger a statewide vote of Texans on the issue of school vouchers. There’s also been more grumbling in the past couple weeks – even from some House GOP supporters of the voucher plan – who are argue this entire process so far should have been handled in a much more transparent way.

By Scott Braddock

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