Christmas came early in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday night, but nobody seems to be feeling the holiday cheer.
A bill can become what’s known as a “Christmas tree bill” if it attracts a large number of amendments, which are often only loosely related to the underlying policy, hanging off of it like holiday ornaments.
In both the House and Senate on Tuesday night, as lawmakers stared down a midnight deadline, major education bills in each chamber transformed into Christmas trees — illustrating a deep and growing divide between the two chambers over contentious school choice legislation. That divide has the potential to torpedo a number of more popular education reform policies.
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