Two years after a Central Texas school district abruptly scotched plans to set up an unprecedented voucher program, another public school system in North Texas is considering the same scheme. In August 2022, despite an aggressive push by Republican operatives and the apparent tacit backing of Texas Education Agency commissioner Mike Morath, a majority on the Wimberley school board decided the academic, financial, and legal risks of a proposal to divert public dollars to fund private school educations were too great. They heeded the recommendation of their new superintendent, who complained to the trustees about an “overt and covert” intimidation campaign and warned that the funding stream would mostly flow to the middlemen.But the backers of the plan—a politically connected charter chain called Responsive Education…
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