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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

“In AZ, the voucher program went from costing $64 million a year to an incredible $900 million a year, with 75% of voucher users having no history of attending public schools. In AR, about 95% and in FL 70% of new voucher users were already enrolled in private schools.” #txlege

Josh Brodesky

@joshbrodesky

6 months

Vouchers are the worst education policy money can buy. Strong commentary from education expert (and former teacher) @DrDeMatt

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@KellyRasti

4 years

I’m caught up on #Outlander . What now? Shit. @SamHeughan send help.

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Mr. Dunn, one of the billionaires behind the #txlege voucher push, also launched his own private school a while back. Interesting that a State Senator is one of the board members. Also interesting that the lower grades are only open 2 days a week. Wonder which types of families…

Amy Duncan Fennell

@amyDfennell

1 year

@timdunntexas Mr. Dunn is the top contributor of the PAC that hosted anti-Semitic, America First host, Nick Fuentes. Perhaps it’s only coincidence that Mr. Dunn is also the founder and director of America First Works.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

9 months

“In a thorough review of voucher programs in other states, a range of 75% (AZ) to 90% (OH) of students receiving vouchers had NEVER ATTENDED public schools.“ #txlege #txed Vouchers are Not Conservative, from @RogersForTexas :

Vouchers are not conservative - The Community News

Editor’s Note: Glenn Rogers is the state representative for Texas House District 60, which includes Parker County. He is also a candidate for re-election in the upcoming Republican Primary. His …

www.community-news.com

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

“The left controls education in TX…” Ah yes, the many Dem Governors we’ve had in TX lately… and the Dem Speakers…and Lt Govs… Then there’s that TEA Commissioner appointed by … oh yes, the Governor. Yup, the Dems are clearly running this thing 🙄😂 #txed #txlege

Texit Warrior 🤠🎵✝️🍅🌶️🥦🌻🍀⚕️

@donnabmcclure

11 months

@KellyRasti @michaelaolaya because the left controls education in Texas and your lobbyists spend OUR money on other issues. You are the supposed experts, physician heal thyself.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

“In TX, the problem we face is not a lack of school choice but a lack of giving schools what they need to best serve our kids. Private school vouchers are costly, unaccountable & remain a flawed approach to ensuring every student has access to a world-class education.” #txlege

San Antonio Express-News

@ExpressNews

1 year

Commentary: Texas has plenty of school choice, but lags in education resources

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@KellyRasti

10 months

🧐 Did you know Texas spends like $4.5B a year on charter schools now? That’s more than triple the amount spent in 2014. Charter schools are 100% state funded & they have some flexibilities that public schools don’t. There are 130 charters in Bexar County, and all… #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

“71% of TX private schools, enrolling 82% of TX private students, have names containing religious keywords; the most common are “Christian,” “Saint (St.),” “Catholic,” “Lutheran,” “Episcopal,” “Baptist,” “Trinity,” and “Our (Lady/Lord)”.” and…

Texas private schools look nothing like you imagine

In movies and TV shows, nearly all private institutions look like east coast prep schools. In reality, 4 out of 5 private students attend religious elementary schools.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Last night, Senate blocked an amendment by @Menendez4Texas that would’ve increased state funding for school safety by $500 million. It was too much $. 1 HOUR LATER, they released a new version of a school funding bill that has a $500 MILLION VOUCHER attached. 😡 #txlege #txed

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

There are no coincidences in Austin (a short #txlege / #txed 🧵)… 😜 Remember how on the same day that voucher bill SB8 was filed, the author sent a request for opinion to the attorney general on the constitutionality of taxpayer 💰 funding private schools, aka vouchers? (1)

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

vouchers have been rejected by #txlege for years. If it takes a year long PR tour, teacher smear campaigns, primary threats, holding #txed & teacher pay hostage, a special session costing taxpayers💰, & vetoing unrelated bills to bully members, maybe it’s time to reevaluate. 👀

Scott Braddock

@scottbraddock

1 year

Gov @GregAbbott_TX now targeting school voucher opponents with his vetoes. He is now saying that certain bills can only be considered in a future special session after about a voucher bill passes #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Soooooo are we trying to “save” children or save an institution? Confused; I thought it was about the students not “systems?” 👀 #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Instead of a statewide tour to private schools trying to sell vouchers, imagine the insight state leaders could’ve gained had they done a statewide tour of round tables with #txed public school teachers, students, and parents. They’d have to WANT that insight though 🤔 #txlege

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Imagine underfunding #txed for YEARS, then attaching a voucher to the only bill with #txed funding on the table. Welcome to your Texas Senate 🥱 The entire #publiceducation community - including PARENTS - is watching.

quorumreport

@quorumreport

1 year

chair creighton adds a school voucher to hb 100, the school finance bill by rep. ken king,: #txlege

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Curious - Would the 16,000 children in TX foster care be able to take advantage of vouchers? Who’s going to drive them if the school doesn’t offer 🚌? Will they have guaranteed admission? Who will cover the tuition left after the voucher coupon is applied? 🤔 #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

2 months

Arguing private schools are better than public w/o complete comparable metrics is like claiming a private security firm is more effective than police b/c there are public records of police response times & crime rates, while the private firm provides no such data. It's… #txlege

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@KellyRasti

7 months

Texas is 1 of only 6 states that funds schools on ATTENDANCE rather than enrollment. Schools lose funding for student absences. Why is that? Is getting the child to school not the parent’s responsibility? Why is the campus penalized? The costs of…

Post-Pandemic, 2 Out of 3 Students Attend Schools With High Chronic Absenteeism

Analysis of federal data reveals ‘a relaxed attitude’ toward daily attendance, experts said.

www.the74million.org

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

10 months

Do Texas teachers and the general public know that there is a bill (SB 2) that would guarantee teacher pay raises but it’s wasting away in the House without being scheduled for a committee hearing? Time is running out… Make sure your community knows. #txlege #txed

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

As @jamestalarico said, “they’re sinking the ship to sell us the lifeboat.” Giving up on public education will not “fix” public education. #txed #txlege

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

7 months

Public dollars are for public schools. Period.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Let’s take a single mom in San Antonio. Does she have a choice of sending her kids to any of these schools in her area? And when she doesn’t fit the faith requirements at a preferred parochial school, who’s making the “choice” when the kid’s not admitted? #txed #txlege

Steve Toth

@Toth_4_Texas

11 months

You honestly believe a poor single mom in inner city Houston has school choice? You and I have choice, they do not. As for our taxes, they are not meant to benefit public schools as you suggest. Nor are they meant to benefit private schools, they are meant to benefit children.

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@KellyRasti

1 year

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Rep Patterson says ESAs provide a “level of accountability…” 👀 Searching the bill for where the private and home schools are held accountable for taxpayer $ on a similar level as public schools… #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

8 months

“Having served 4 terms on House Appropriations, I can assure you, if ever vouchers pass, the #txlege will have no choice but to raise taxes. We can also kiss goodbye the notion of a reduction or elimination of school property taxes.” #txed @theeagle

Raney editorial: Shame on Abbott for exacting revenge on voucher opponents

In November, during the fourth called special session, I offered an amendment to strike education savings accounts, also known as vouchers, from House Bill 1, the education bill. My amendment

theeagle.com

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

And band programs are not cheap! I don’t understand why teachers wanting themselves and their peers to be compensated well for their work, or wanting to expand & enhance programs is considered some sort of “money grab.” What is wrong with wanting to invest there? #txed #txlege

Christine Mauer

@ChrisMauer4

1 year

Tell me again, @GregAbbott_TX how public schools are failing? Both of our 6A bands are headed to the State Marching contest in San Antonio. To me, this looks like pretty amazing instruction. Ps...charter schools typically don't have bands. Just saying. #noplacelikeLISD

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1 year

If “parent empowerment” is so important, why on earth would the same folks shouting it be the ones begging state governments to send $$ to private entities, where parents don’t have much power at all? -child w/ special needs? You/your child lose your fed & …

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

“Every single additional dollar the state invests in public education yields $56.76 in social and public returns.” 😳😳😳😳 “Largest return of any private sector industry is just $17.81…..” #txed #txlege @PerrymanGroup

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Kelly Rasti

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1 year

Want to be sure I’m reading this correctly… All DPS employees will be getting a 5% raise, and we still have ZERO for #txed teachers and schools? Well, we have something small on the table but with a 4th quarter voucher now attached. 👀 #txlege

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@KellyRasti

7 months

Nothin quite as pathetic as having: control of both chambers of the #txlege , Big 3 offices, & the ability to appoint the Education Commissioner for DECADES, & deciding what has been done w/ public education is so bad that the only solution is to abandon ship & pay for private ed.

Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸

@MQSullivan

7 months

Nothing is quite so elitist as white lefties telling parents, "If you want to choose a better school, just move."

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11 months

It’s the weirdest thing… I don’t remember seeing so many faith leaders advocating for school safety reform after any one of the many tragedies we’ve experienced in Texas, but I’ve sure seen a lot advocating for vouchers. Surely it’s not about $$, right? 🤔 #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

7 months

I’ve yet to hear what - specifically - will improve for public education with a voucher system. Does the curriculum change (state driven)? Do the teachers change (shortage already)? “Competition” seems to be the lazy, magic word. I’d love to hear specifics. #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Would love to see a list of admission criteria for all private schools in TX… #txed #txlege

Hambriston ISD

@HambristonISD

1 year

This is what "school choice" looks like in @Burrows4TX district. Parents homosexual? No school for you. Parents go to the wrong church? No school for you. Below grade level due to current "failing" school? No school for you. But they will tell you this is parental empowerment.

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Kelly Rasti

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11 months

🧵 Imagine being a little 9 year old kid using an ESA to attend private school that failed the 3rd grade assessment and fails again in 4th… Unless your parents can afford the tuition without the ESA, YOU’RE OUT based on text below… Can you imagine the… #txlege #txed

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@KellyRasti

1 year

What’s the polling looking like regarding teacher pay and full funding for school safety? Oh silly me, I forgot we’re not interested in talking about THOSE issues. 🥱 #txed #txlege

Greg Abbott

@GregAbbott_TX

1 year

Texans now support school choice by more than a 2 to 1 margin. Legislators who are against it, are simply against their own constituents. They will have a chance to vote on it in an upcoming special session.

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11 months

If #txlege voucher bills were about rescuing “poor” families from “failing schools,” the bill would include: ➡️the same measurements of success #txed schools have (STAAR, CCMR, A-F ratings), ➡️program would be limited to low income ➡️private school would agree to cover the…

Steve Toth

@Toth_4_Texas

11 months

Dade Phelan continues to mess over Texas Parents and children. We still don’t have a bill in the Texas House for School Choice even though the Governor and Lt Governor had a deal with Speaker Phelan. This is so wrong. #txlege

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11 months

Another concern with HB 1, the voucher bill that should be heard on the #txlege House floor this week: -Sec 5.02 requires #txed PUBLIC SCHOOL boards to hold an annual meeting on the performance of students receiving special ed services. 🚨Glaring issue: given that the ESA…

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

10 months

Sittin’ on a 💥 MASSIVE 💥 surplus in Texas and yet the #txlege is leaving public education: -w/ no inflationary adjustment -no teacher pay increases -increased school safety mandates that are NOT fully funded And all bc a private school coupon bill didn’t pass? 🫣 #txed

RA News

@RANewsTX

10 months

As lawmakers grapple with a failure to allocate funds, the 2-year budget cycle is poised to conclude with a surplus exceeding $18B, according to Comptroller Hegar’s latest estimate. What happens to these surplus funds? Read More:

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11 months

The school the Gov visited charges a lot more than $8k in tuition & fees. To “put moms & dads back in charge,” surely Cornerstone will be willing to accept any child that wants to attend, in order of application, & with all expenses above voucher covered, right? #txed #txlege

Gov. Greg Abbott

@GovAbbott

11 months

A fantastic night at our Parents Matter Tailgate in San Antonio. Texans are ready to put moms and dads back in charge of their child’s education. The time for school choice in Texas is NOW! More:

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Texas Legislature disinvests in public schools, passing the buck to local taxpayers. #txed #txlege

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2 months

Kind words from @jamestalarico : “Rep Allison may be one of the most honorable people that I’ve served with, and his dedication to public education is an inspiration to me & I think it should be an inspiration for all of us, & I want to thank him for his service.” #txlege #txed

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1 year

It really doesn’t need to be this complicated. TX is 1 of only 6 states that funds public schools based on ATTENDANCE, rather than enrollment. Would private schools (or parents?) receiving vouchers have their funding reduced based on “average daily attendance?”🧐 #txed #txlege

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1 year

…meanwhile, #txed ISDs are building budgets for next year with: 👉🏽 ZERO increase to the basic allotment (should’ve been $1k) 👉🏽 ZERO dedicated $ increase for teacher & staff pay 👉🏽 Woefully inadequate school safety $ Hope all the political shenanigans were worth it #txlege

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@KellyRasti

11 months

Gee I wonder why it’s hard to find certified and experienced educators willing to teach in Texas?!? Chambers of Commerce…Economic & Workforce Development groups…IHEs: hope you’re watching. #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

10 months

A lawsuit that’s been ongoing for OVER A DECADE concerning Texas’ foster care system, and yet… no special sessions called. Oddly, no prioritization of foster youth in voucher/ESA bills either. Strange priorities. #txlege

Texas Tribune

@TexasTribune

10 months

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack is considering whether Texas' foster care agency has made progress caring for the state's most vulnerable children or should be held in contempt for the third time in an ongoing 2011 lawsuit.

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@KellyRasti

9 months

I feel like we don’t talk enough about how INSANELY AMAZING it is that San Antonio high school grads can go to @AlamoColleges1 free for 2 years via Alamo Promise, and now they can even finish at @UTSA free with the Bold Promise program. This is truly wild! 🙀🤩🥳 #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

1 year

“Instead of dipping into that enormous budget surplus to ease the hardships of small-town schools, Abbott, Patrick and friends are distracted by a different mountain of 💰. They covet an Everest of campaign cash from a trio of West TX oil and fracking billionaires…” 👀 #txlege

Houston Chronicle

@HoustonChron

1 year

How Gov. Abbott's voucher plan would wallop rural schools (Opinion)

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Hearing that the Governor will call an immediate #txlege special session to address #txed teacher pay, adjust the Basic Allotment for inflation, and fully fund school safety measures 🙏 Jk. Just manifesting the future I hope to see 🥹

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Hmm… #HB1 has interesting perks for charter schools. Not only is their facilities funding cap going from $60M to $300M (‼️), but they arbitrarily receive the average of the small & midsized allotment (REGARDLESS OF THEIR SIZE) & those amounts are going up. 👀 ⬇️ #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

1 year

HOLD THE LINE, #txlege Negotiating w/ bullies for a crumb AINT it. The # of members that truly wants #txed to fail is small. Folks need to deliver on their promises back home. Fully fund public Ed, school safety, and pay our teachers. Voucher bribes ain’t worth it 🥱

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@KellyRasti

11 months

Reminder that special #txlege sessions cost taxpayers big money (I hear $1 million per special 😳), and that no special was called for: ❌ winter storm Uri / ERCOT disaster ❌ GLOBAL PANDEMIC Yet here we are, largely for “school choice.” Happy sine die eve. 🙃

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@KellyRasti

1 year

here we go again. OF COURSE a special session on vouchers will be when school is back in session & teachers can’t really go to the Capitol. Now they can’t even testify at a summer hearing? 🥱 And if parents matter so much to #txlege , why can’t THEY testify? #txed

Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Hmmm. Invited testimony *ONLY* on Monday for SB 8. Interesting. #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

11 months

The THIRD special #txlege session ended yesterday afternoon! Andddd the Gov called a FOURTH SESSION an hour later. HB 1 (voucher bill) already has hearing set for tomorrow at 9 am. #txed 🚨 You can submit public comments to the committee here:

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@KellyRasti

9 months

Pretty sick to imply that students only deserve school safety funding to cover the related legislative mandates **if** the Governor and voucher lobby get private school coupons at taxpayer expense. Wild take. #txed #txlege

JDOG🇺🇸

@JDog83259

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@KellyRasti Republicans were willing to compromise to get that through, Democrats weren’t.

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11 months

voters to ERASE the Blaine amendments from our state constitution altogether. That SJR did not pass, but may be re-filed in the near future. Lots of hands in the pot on this voucher thing. 👀 Just think it’s relevant to revisit these things sometimes… #txlege #txed

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@KellyRasti

7 months

Rep @jamestalarico said it best - *Someone* is sinking the ships to sell us the lifeboats. 👀 #txlege #txed

Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

Nothin quite as pathetic as having: control of both chambers of the #txlege , Big 3 offices, & the ability to appoint the Education Commissioner for DECADES, & deciding what has been done w/ public education is so bad that the only solution is to abandon ship & pay for private ed.

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2 months

Important to note the Basic Allotment (foundational unit of school $) hasn’t ⬆️ since ‘19. That amount must ⬆️ to adjust for inflation since ‘19, & must be indexed to inflation going forward. Anything less is a disservice to our children. #Fund4EnrollmentAndInflation #txlege

CBS News Texas

@CBSNewsTexas

2 months

SCHOOL FUNDING: @cbs11jack asks @GregAbbott_TX if he will support a bill to increase funding for public schools during the next legislative session. Full episode of Eye On Politics:

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@KellyRasti

11 months

Rep Harrison talks about how poor families need vouchers. Meanwhile, #HB1 has no income cap, lol. #txed #txlege

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@KellyRasti

11 months

In the event a voucher/ESA bill makes it to the floor of the #txlege House, I think it makes sense for members to file an amendment for every bill that was passed during the 88th (at a minimum) that added more requirements of #txed to add those to private schools that…

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@KellyRasti

11 months

The 4th special #txlege session doesn’t HAVE to be over yet. They’ve only burned about 12 days & they have up to 30. There’s still time to pass a teacher pay/school funding bill as well as the very important school safety bill HB 2/HJR 1, if they want to. 👀 But will they?

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@KellyRasti

1 year

Hilarious when the small number of #txlege members who support vouchers claim they will help “the disadvantaged.” 😂 #txed

Josh Cowen

@joshcowenMSU

1 year

New Arkansas numbers: Less than 5% of #schoolvouchers users were ever public school students. 31% are kindergartners so 👉 ~65% of voucher users👈 were already in private school. That 7/10 rate of existing private rate across states continues.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Regarding #HB1 (voucher bill that will be heard on #txlege House floor soon) - I heard someone today say that vouchers will “force bad schools to do better.” 2 questions I have: 1️⃣ what data is driving the “bad” school label, and 2️⃣ if it’s STAAR or other similar scores, we…

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

See the request for opinion here: The reason he had to send that request for opinion is bc Texas is one of many states with “Blaine Amendments” in our state constitution that basically say the state can’t spend public 💰 on religious private schools, (2)

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Precisely why we keep saying teachers and students are being held hostage. #txed #txlege

Patrick Svitek

@PatrickSvitek

1 year

. @GovAbbott : "Once ESAs are passed, I will put on the legislative call the full funding for public education, including teacher pay raises." #txlege

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@KellyRasti

7 months

How many Texas children live within 5 (or 10) miles of a private school with annual tuition and fees under $10k? Surely there’s a way to run a report on this…not sure how though. 🤔 #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

2 months

A staggering number of Texas children are abused/neglected each year, and ~17,000 TX children are in foster care. Public schools provide critical resources and support to these children, and this reality needs to be a part of school funding & ESA conversations. #txlege

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1 year

Can’t help but notice - #txed teacher pay, full funding 4 school safety, & increasing the Basic Allotment are NOT on the list for 1st #txlege special session. Is it bc these aren’t of concern to Texans or legislators? Were calls to ⬆️ teacher pay just campaign talk? Or…

Patrick Svitek

@PatrickSvitek

1 year

First special session begins… now #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

It *felt* like a lot of similar messages in a short period of time, so I went back to confirm. 9 voucher posts in 5 days; ZERO posts supporting teachers for their work; ZERO posts praising students for their recent accomplishments. Sigh. #txed Ts & Ss deserve better. #txlege

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@KellyRasti

11 months

Nice. Great job teachers 🍎 #txed #txlege

Gov. Greg Abbott

@GovAbbott

11 months

Texas by the numbers: 🌎8th largest economy in the world 🚢 #1 exporting state 👔 Best Business Climate in America It’s not bragging if it’s true! The Texas economy is the envy of the nation.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

Texas school board races are nonpartisan, and they should remain that way. We don’t need a letter next to someone’s name for that role. Sharing for the umpteenth time a fave, related clip below from @briantwoods1 . #txlege #txed 🍎

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Now that #HB1 ’s voucher is dead (for now anyway), will be interesting to see what happens in the #txlege Senate w/ HB 2 / HJR 1 which adds a considerable amount of school safety funding. For my kids’ school district, it comes close to fully covering the current annual safety…

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@KellyRasti

11 months

Another day of @DrewDarbyTX speaking the TRUTH on existing choice within #txed . Given certain billionaires’ desires to have vouchers, seems like they could easily launch their own scholarship program rather than asking taxpayers to do it. 🤷🏽‍♀️ ➡️ #txlege

Abbott's Voucher Fight Isn't About Kids. It's About Money, Politics, and Religion.

The Senate passed its bill this week as the governor continues to pressure House members to compromise.

www.texasobserver.org

Jason Whitely

@JasonWhitely

11 months

"WE HAVE CHOICE NOW." Chairman @DrewDarbyTX says despite how school vouchers are being marketed politically, Texas parents already have school choice. #txlege STORY:

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

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they’re watching @RL_Stine ’s 90s Goosebumps episodes and they swear they’re not scared….👀 Riiiiiiiiiight 😈👻🙈😆

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

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many require faith commitments as part of admission. But sure, vouchers are needed so we can “get back to education, not indoctrination.” #txed #txlege And who needs access to data anyway? 👀

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Light reading - 710 pages of public comment on SB 8 from yesterday, since ya know, public TESTIMONY was barred. Take a look… #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

3 months

If charter schools provide “competition,” and competition improves student outcomes across the board, and Texas has authorized more than 1,000 new charter schools in the past decade… Student outcomes should have approved across the board…right? #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

Interesting, bc based on this state website it appears the only metric in which charters score higher is the annual drop out rate 😳 No disrespect to charter schools; I was just mentioning the expansion process happening with ZERO elected official involvement. #txlege #txed

Les Aker

@Les_Aker

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@KellyRasti Charters school exist because public schools have failed to educate. Having hundreds of new campuses is a sign of that failure by public schools.

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@KellyRasti

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This rallying cry is odd. Investment in PUBLIC education, *is* investment in students. In fact, it’s an investment in ALL students as opposed to a select few. #txed #txlege

Hillary Hickland

@HicklandHillary

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Invest in students, not systems.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Happy Halloween! 🎃 In the spirit, thought I’d share a few spooky things about #vOUCHers that the #txlege & #txed advocates should know. If lawmakers truly want the best for students (which I believe is true in most cases), why undo the work of past legislatures in setting (1)

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

“School choice” being private school education funded with tax 💵, and providing: ❌No *elected* school boards; just unelected folks appointing who they want, ❌No open meetings, ❌No access to open records, ❌No state or fed special ed rights. Wild take! #txed #txlege

Vance Ginn

@VanceGinn

7 months

@JaimeBoswell2 @KellyRasti Local government officials at school districts have control of operations. This isn’t just R versus D, it’s a monopoly government school system versus parents who want options outside of that monopoly. School choice is the only way to provide that to parents.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

😳 This can’t be addressed by teachers alone. Parents need to be paying attention to this and taking some responsibility for addressing the issue, too.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

Thanks! Next, show us the A-F ratings for the private schools in the area for comparison’s sake! Oh…wait… #txed #txlege

Cavalry Doc

@desertveteran

7 months

@KellyRasti Parents stuck in failing schools will have more options. Vouchers make more options financially viable.

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@KellyRasti

7 months

“Empower parents” by stripping their right to elect local school board representation, placing MORE power in the hands of unelected bureaucrats (who select board members themselves), & all w/ no public meeting requirements 🤡 Interesting strategy, friend! #txed #txlege

Vance Ginn

@VanceGinn

7 months

We don’t need a top-down, big-govt approach to schooling that makes education worse for students and hurts teachers’ ability to negotiate higher salaries. Some folks just can’t see past their talking points of the teacher unions and Big Ed. Empower parents, not bureaucrats!

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Ya know who doesn’t have to have a School Health Advisory Committee to adopt sex ed materials and such? Private schools that would accept vouchers. 👀 But….I thought that TX parents needed to be empowered with access to and input on instructional materials?? #txed #txlege

Francesca Romans, Leander ISD Trustee - Place 6

@francesca4_lisd

1 year

First SHAC meeting of 23-34 was held tonight! Thank you to all of our parents, teachers, community members, and healthcare professionals who joined us, and thank you to our #1LISD admin teams who facilitated.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Ah. 5 months ago when #txlege authorized a 5% raise for DPS, and nothing for #txed teachers. I still find that interesting. 👀

Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Want to be sure I’m reading this correctly… All DPS employees will be getting a 5% raise, and we still have ZERO for #txed teachers and schools? Well, we have something small on the table but with a 4th quarter voucher now attached. 👀 #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

10 months

neither. So in the event of an ESA/voucher bill passing in TX, these counties that DONT have charter or private schools (mainly rural areas), will be AGAIN paying taxes to support the education of children hundred of miles away, but not in their own backyard. 🤡 #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

63% of TX students are economically disadvantaged. 😳 Living in poverty is assoc w/ differences in structural & functional 🧠 development in children in areas related to cognitive processes critical for learning… (⬇️) How is Texas addressing this, & how do we better? #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

No one claims #txed is perfect. I would never categorize Texans as quitters. However, some #txlege members want us to quit on public ed, abandoning WAY more students than would be served with a #voucher . Texans roll up their sleeves and SOLVE problems; we don’t run away. 🤠

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

“School districts are dealing with the influx in evaluations while facing an annual shortfall in special education funding from the state of more than $2 billion. The deficit is most stark for evaluations.” A *real* #txed problem to solve, #txlege .

The demand for special education evaluations has exploded — and Texas schools can't keep up

Schools are dealing with backlogs and financial strains as they also struggle to retain...

www.expressnews.com

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

So as per #HB1 , the comptroller can spend tax 💰 to enter into contracts to promote, market, and advertise the ESA/voucher. Interesting. Wonder which media markets will see the promotions. Wonder which languages these ads will be in. Also, there’s a section of the bill…

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

All of these are reasons why we need fully funded public schools. #txed #txlege

Ross Schumann

@RossSchumann

1 year

Maybe a kid would excel in a smaller class size. Maybe the kid needs 1-1 tutoring. Maybe the kid has specific disabilities the school cannot cope with. All of these are great reasons why we need vouchers.

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Conveniently, I can actually do that because public schools are ACCOUNTABLE to taxpayers, their budgets are public info, and they’re subject to Open Meetings and the Public Information Act. Too bad we don’t know how private schools allocate their $. 😉 #txed #txlege

Jim Baxa 🌵

@JimBaxa1

11 months

@KellyRasti @ruralfreedom I don't support vouchers bc I don't want govt regulations to wreck private schools. Your assumption of support for audits of private schools is exactly why I don't want vouchers. If you don't think pub Ed is wasting money, request a line item of every expenditure in your isd

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

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What 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 point? Can someone PLEASE give me an honest answer as to why the govt is dumping money into charters that are RIGHT NEXT to public schools that are performing well? This is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG. STRENGTHEN the existing system 🙌🏼 @BetsyDeVosED

Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹

@DianeRavitch

5 years

Betsy DeVos Funds IDEA and Kipp to Saturate San Antonio with Charter Schools

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

Thank you @Menendez4Texas for recognizing retiring @NISD Superintendent @briantwoods1 for over 31 years of service to the Northside community! A tireless (and now tie-less 😎) #txed advocate that we KNOW will still be fighting for Texas students & teachers 💪🏽 #txlege @RootEdSA

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

11 months

Curious - will private schools participating in a voucher or ESA program be required to have teachers trained in the Science of Reading via the TEA HB 3 Reading Academies? Baseline standard of care, right? #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

6 months

Today’s as good a day as any for folks with lots of thoughts on how to improve public education to apply to be a substitute teacher! Enter the arena and help 🍎 #txed #txlege

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

So….the A-F accountability system is too “flawed” for use with private schools, but it’s GREAT for determining which public schools are “failing?” 😂😂 Thanks for the chuckle. #txed #txlege

Vance Ginn

@VanceGinn

7 months

@KellyRasti Because they haven’t shut down yet. Why do you want to keep this failure going? School choice is the winning argument but some too scared to stop the cabal of government schools…

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

1 year

These #txed Sups making way too much sense out here. Thankfully much of the #txlege understands and supports the needs of public schools, but they are facing some difficult pushback from leadership. Hopefully common sense and courage prevail in this upcoming special.

Jason Whitely

@JasonWhitely

1 year

'WHY ARE THREATS EVEN NECESSARY?" @DallasSchools Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde asks if school vouchers are a good idea, why is Gov. @GregAbbott_TX threatening GOP lawmakers not to vote against it. The special legislative session is October 9. STORY:

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

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If a voucher/ESA program launches in Texas, should the amount of the voucher/ESA be reduced by each student absence? #txed #txlege

Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

7 months

Texas is 1 of only 6 states that funds schools on ATTENDANCE rather than enrollment. Schools lose funding for student absences. Why is that? Is getting the child to school not the parent’s responsibility? Why is the campus penalized? The costs of…

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Kelly Rasti

@KellyRasti

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Texas schools receive state $. Lots of other services do too, including our state law enforcement agency DPS, for example. Does the ESA/voucher/“choice” concept apply to other svcs? Can folks - including parents - have a “choice” & select private law enforcement? 🧐 #txlege

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