"Parents need school choice to find a school that supports their morals and their child's unique needs."
– Governor Greg Abbott
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott today highlighted the importance of empowering parents and showcased the growing support for school choice at the Texas Pastors' Policy Conference in Austin.
"Our most important task this session is passing school choice," said Governor Abbott. "Parents need school choice to find a school that supports their morals and their child's unique needs. This is the first time in the history of Texas where we have a majority of the members of the Texas House of Representatives who are in favor of school choice. But it’s a thin majority. We need all Texans to rise up and meet this challenge to ensure that we prevail for the parents of this state."
During his remarks, Governor Abbott noted the momentum that school choice has picked up in the Texas House and thanked Speaker Dustin Burrows for his support to pass a universal school choice program. Additionally, Governor Abbott highlighted Texas' robust homeschooling program to ensure parents remain in charge of their child's education and debunked lies being spread by school choice opponents that school choice will interfere with homeschooling pathways.
Governor Abbott concluded his remarks by calling on the crowd of Texas pastors and school choice advocates to join the fight for parent empowerment and to call their legislators in support of school choice.
