Thanks to parents & students from across the state who shared the public school price tag of vouchers in their district, and partners incl. Pastors for TX Children, Autism Society TX, @studentsengaged.bsky.social, @idraedu.bsky.social, @everytexan.bsky.social, @texasaft.org, & @tsta-nea.bsky.social
![A quote from Carrie Griffith on the Texas Take podcast: "Every child who leaves a public school district for a charter or private school results in a loss of revenue for the district...The key here is that a school can’t simply cut costs dollar-for-dollar to compensate for the loss in revenue because it has fixed costs...like insurance, utilities, [and] bus transportation.
We have 170 campuses in more than 40 school districts closing schools...They’re in counties across the state with not any one political leaning, not any one geographic profile - it’s everywhere and it’s affecting all Texans. It’s important to say in this era of “school choice”: every time a public school closes, a family loses a choice."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ixq4363vnchghzbl7wohffyw/bafkreibwrk7sdn5xrk6yhfvb7gwqav4sjjoebw3vaf265smbj6h7suyz6e)
![There is a cream box on the right side with the quote "[The approval] also seems to signal that TEA and the SBOE are unalarmed by the practice of sending Texas taxpayer dollars out of the classroom and into the hands of private investors. The new charter will be operated by Second Mile Education, an out-of-state for-profit business owned by private equity. Second Mile will receive various annual fees in addition to a costly management fee - 14% of all state revenue received by the school." The quote is attributed to Carrie Griffith, OSOD Executive Director. Carrie is pictured to the left of the quote testifying to the State Board of Education.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ixq4363vnchghzbl7wohffyw/bafkreihy43qksxve3yzw5s5jiitam37r4753cx7bhauszfnya7q2i3vbli)
