Voucher Defeat a Triumph for Texas Families and Neighborhood Public Schools Vouchers Still Radioactive for Most Legislators May 24, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN The failure of a proposed voucher program in the Texas House on Monday shows that opposition to such schemes remains strong particularly among legislators who represent public schools that would be […]
Recent Press Releases
TFN Statement on Senate Passage of H.J.R. 6
TFN Statement on Senate Passage of H.J.R. 6 Amendment Is a Mean-spirited Distraction from the Real Issues Working Families Really Care About May 21, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Kathy Miller of the Texas Freedom Network released the following statement following today’s Senate passage of H.J.R. 6, which would amendment the state constitution to ban […]
House Committee Votes to Hold Texas Kids, Texas Education Agency Hostage to Vouchers
House Committee Votes to Hold Texas Kids, Texas Education Agency Hostage to Vouchers Public Education Committee Adds Vouchers to TEA Reauthorization Bill May 18, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN The House Public Education Committee today voted to put at risk the education of every student in Texas by attaching a controversial and reckless voucher scheme […]
Senate Rejects Vouchers in TEA Reauthorization Bill
Senate Rejects Vouchers in TEA Reauthorization Bill Senate Passes Bill after Sponsor Pledges to Reject Any Efforts by House to Add Vouchers May 9, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN The president of the Texas Freedom Network today commended state senators for closing the door on any voucher amendments to a bill reauthorizing the Texas Education […]
SBOE, Publisher Still Censoring Health Textbooks
SBOE, Publisher Still Censoring Health Textbooks Publisher Agrees to Remove Data on Homosexuality from Teacher’s Editions April 29, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN Publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston has deleted from the teacher’s editions of its new middle school health textbooks estimates of the percentage of the population who may be gay, apparently under pressure […]
