{"id":33983,"date":"2025-01-27T13:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?p=33983"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:35:40","slug":"legislative-corner-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/legislative-corner-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Corner &#8211; Jan. 27","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/89R\/billtext\/html\/SB00002I.htm\">Senate Bill 2 (SB 2)<\/a> <\/strong>was filed Jan. 24 in the Senate. The bill creates a voucher\/education savings account program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brief &amp; Initial highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creates an Education Savings Account (ESA) program within the Comptroller\u2019s Office to pay for education related expenses of approved families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allows approved parents to submit a request for payment to an educational service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible students: any child who is eligible to enroll in public school, including Pre-K<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESA funding allows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$\u00a0 2,000 for participants not enrolled in a private school (home school)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$10,000 for participants enrolled in a private school<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$11,500 for participants with a disability enrolled in a private school<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the number of applications for an ESA exceed the amount appropriated, ESAs will be distributed based on a lottery that: 80% of students must have been enrolled in a public school for at least 90% of the year and are from a low-income household or have a disability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Abbott will give his State of the State address on Sunday, Feb. 2. He is expected to list \u201cemergency items\u201d he wants the legislature to address immediately, and vouchers\/ESAs is expected to be one of those items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Legislative Corner will be published periodically throughout the 89th legislative session. For more information about RISD\u2019s legislative involvement,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/legislative-information\/\"><em>please visit the legislative page here<\/em><\/a><em>. Other resources include\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/\"><em>Texas Legislature Online<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0(TLO) \u2013 find legislation (bills), committee hearings, legislative member info, and more;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quorumreport.com\/index.cfm\"><em>The Quorum Report<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u2013 sign-up for \u201cDaily Buzz\u201d or a listing of political news articles;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/\"><em>Texas Tribune<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u2013 online daily news, also a data dashboard for education.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News and developments from the 89th legislative session impacting RISD and public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":4,"featured_media":21959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,470],"class_list":["post-33983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-legislative","tag-risd-legislative-corner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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