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The committee met Wednesday, April 12, 2023, to hear bills on classroom discipline, special education vouchers, and more, plus a vote on a major school safety bill.

ATPE members testified against vouchers during a marathon House hearing. Plus, TRS, school safety, and student discipline bills are moving.

ATPE members testified against vouchers during an April 11, 2023, hearing that stretched into the early morning hours.

Opposing votes on vouchers from the House and Senate cap off a jam-packed week of action at the State Capitol.

The committee discussed the Senate’s priority school safety bill along with a variety of miscellaneous bills Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

State representatives approved an amendment banning the use of state funds in school voucher programs — a bad omen for ESAs, which have become a top cause for Gov. Abbott.

Lawmakers adopted an ATPE-backed amendment to prohibit state funds from being used for private school vouchers during the floor debate Thursday, April 6, 2023.

In April 6, 2023, press statement, ATPE points to the trade-offs educators are being asked to take in exchange for a meager one-time $2,000 stipend for only some teachers.

In April 6, 2023, press statement, ATPE thanks legislators in both chambers who stood up for public school students during votes on an anti-voucher budget amendment and Senate Bill 8.

ATPE urges legislators to raise the Basic Allotment and fund an across-the-board pay raise before expanding other programs.