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Texas Takes Tax Credit Voucher Plan From Jeb Bush’s Foundation | Scathing Purple Musings

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Texas Takes Tax Credit Voucher Plan From Jeb Bush’s Foundation

From  skeptical Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders:
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, while vowing to make the next legislative session “the most conservative session in history,” announced an education plan last month that includes “school choice.”
Using a Catholic elementary school near the state Capitol as a backdrop, Dewhurst joined with Senate Education Committee Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston, to unveil a thinly veiled attempt to get state money to private schools.
Trying to avoid being accused of promoting a “voucher system,” their plan calls for tax breaks for