The North Lamar ISD board of trustees Monday night by resolution called on the Texas Legislature to “reject any diversion of public dollars to private entities in the form of education savings accounts and similar voucher schemes.”
The resolution reiterates a claim that public schools adhere to state-mandated academic and financial accountability standards, while private schools are not required to meet the same standards and do not report test results, graduation rates and other performance measures to the public.
Rebutting the school choice argument that vouchers, or education savings accounts as currently pushed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, would provide parents a choice in the education of their children, the resolution claims school choice already exists in Texas via public school districts, charter schools, inter-and intra-district transfers, home schools, virtual schools and private schools.