"The Chronicle reviewed the websites of the 21 most-expensive or top-rated schools in the area that are not participating in the voucher program. The review found that only about half the schools had publicly posted an explanation why they chose not to join the program. Fifteen of 21 schools not participating did not respond to a request for comment about their decision."
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“It’s really nice to have school choice,” said Linda Litzinger, advocacy director for Texas Parent to Parent, a disability rights organization. “But this piece wasn’t really, completely worked out with an available time frame for people with disabilities to actually have equal access to it.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/12/texas-vouchers-students-disabilities-assessment/
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Out today: SB 13 neutered librarians’ authority over their collections. I no longer determine what goes into my collection. I make recommendations, and a council of parents called a School Library Advisory Council (SLAC) decides whether or not to recommend approval. https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
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"The power of that office is to say 'This is how much revenue you have. And here are the long-term investments of the State of Texas, and here’s who’s benefiting most, least, and not at all from those investments.' And the comptroller has not done much of that in the last several years." https://www.texasobserver.org/sarah-eckhardt-texas-comptroller-bob-bullock/
Out today: "We’ve not heard analysis of what happens economically long-term if we fail to invest in universal public #education. The comptroller’s office has not provided analysis of the economic cost to people and to the public of the largest uninsured population in the United States." https://www.texasobserver.org/sarah-eckhardt-texas-comptroller-bob-bullock/
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Blue-county DAs have increasingly prompted legislative and political backlash –including with the Republican-held Texas Lege passing a so-called rogue DA law that allows the state to recall and replace elected local prosecutors for not pursuing charges for certain types of crimes like low-level drug possession, or refusing to prosecute abortion providers. https://www.texasobserver.org/bexar-county-district-attorney-dem-primary/
Bich Nguyen
Texas Observer
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