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Texas Democrat Gene Wu said in a video posted on X on Monday that parents send their children to Private College “Therefore, they do not have to have their children with their children,” despite the fact that a previous publication of social networks indicated that he also chose private school for his children.
“How do we tell people that we are going to take their money and give it to rich people, so they can send their children to Private CollegeSo they do not have to have their children with their children, “Wu told a crowd on Monday during a demonstration against a proposed school election bill.
On January 24, 2025, Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton Bill 2 of the Senate presentedThe Texas Freedom of Education Law, which would provide students with universal access to school choice and provide at least $ 2,000 every year to students’ educational savings account. If a family decides to register their child in a private school, each student would receive $ 10,000 per year, and students with a disability that enroll in a private school would receive $ 11,500 per year. A similar version of the bill As reported, failed Three times in 2023.
Wu, who is the president of the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives of Texas, has previously spoken against the election of the school. (Wiki Commons)
Wu, who is the president of the Democratic Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives, has previously spoken against choice of school, To say that it was a raffle to Republican donors. In a series of publications on social networks in May 2022, WU revealed that he attended a private school and that he sent his own children to a private school.
“I went to a private school for high school. My family would have loved to recover the money … but they didn’t need it. I would love to get $ 12K of state money for my children in private school. But that does not seem fair in The least, “he wrote at that time.
He continued his argument that the choice of universal school in the form of coupons was a “scam” and would only be for the “mega multimillionaire donors.”
“Greg Abbott is putting his mega billionaire donors on Texas students. Every dollar spent on their multimillionaire coupons is a dollar taken from our classrooms. The governor must completely finance our neighborhood schools, do not pay them with a coupons scam Of private schools, “he wrote.
Fox News Digital contacted a comment to WU’s office, but did not immediately receive an answer.
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The exterior of the Texas State Capitol is seen on September 5, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
In Press release When announcing bill 2 of the Senate, Creighton said that “this session is completely committed to approveing universal and integral school choice legislation, ensuring that each Texas family has access to the educational opportunities they deserve. It is time for it to Texas joins the other 32 states that already empower parents and students with greater educational freedom. “
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