School vouchers and choice

“Public school should be truly public–and I oppose efforts to privatize public education through vouchers and other programs intended to move public money into private pockets.”

“Your zip code should not dictate the quality of your education. Peggy believes parents, teachers, and students should make classroom decisions, and that the federal government should have a larger role in funding K-12 education, without a voucher program, so schools can retain and adequately pay a quality workforce and that students have access to the resources they need while not solely relying on property taxes to make up funding gaps.”

“He’ll keep public money in public schools, hire more teachers, raise teacher pay, and bring universal Pre-K to every Texas family.”

“Because of that commitment to public schools, my colleagues in the Texas House selected me to lead the fight against Governor Abbott’s private school voucher scam — a program that is taking tax dollars out of our public schools to subsidize private education, even for billionaires like Elon Musk.”

“As I see those same billionaires now partnering with DC Republicans to take their voucher scam nationwide and gut the U.S. Department of Education, I’m ready to take my fight to Washington and not only save our public schools — but make them the envy of the world so that every Texas child has a chance at success.”

“Stand up to Big Money and fight private school voucher scams: Reject the voucher scams being pushed by billionaire mega-donors that defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthiest Americans.”

“Led the fight against private school vouchers that are defunding Texas’ neighborhood public schools.”

“Reject private school voucher scams: Oppose the federal voucher scam being pushed by billionaires like Betsy DeVos — which would defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy, disproportionately harming rural areas where public schools are the community’s largest employer.”

“He is a strong supporter of public education and has been a vocal opponent to school vouchers.”

“Josh has sponsored legislation to repeal school vouchers, because public dollars belong in public schools, and to require the state board of education to be transparent about nonpublic school accreditation.”

“End school vouchers that waste taxpayer dollars and benefit the richest.”

“Josh has sponsored legislation to repeal school vouchers, because public dollars belong in public schools, and to require the state board of education to be transparent about nonpublic school accreditation.”