Texas Democrat Gene Wu said in a video posted on X on Monday, that parents send their children to private school “So they don’t have to have their children with your children,” although an earlier social media post of him indicated that he also opted for his children for his children.
‘How do we tell people that we are going to take you money and give it to rich people so that they can send their children private schoolSo they don’t have to have their children with your children, “Wu told a crowd on Monday during a demonstration against a proposed school choice bill.
On January 24, 2025, Senator Brandon Creighton in Texas, Texas Bill 2 Senate bill submittedThe Texas Education Freedom Act, which would give students universal access to school choice and would offer at least $ 2,000 to the education saving account of students every year. If a family decides to register their child in a private school, every student would receive $ 10,000 a year and students with a disability who registers in a private school would receive $ 11,500 a year. A similar version of the bill Reportedly failed Three times in 2023.
Wu, who is chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, has previously spoken out against school choice. (Wiki Commons)
Wu, who is chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, has previously spoken against School choice, Saying that it was a giveaway for Republican donors. In a series of messages on social media in May 2022, Wu revealed that he was going to 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 like to have money back … but they didn’t need it. I would like to get $ 12k of state money for my children in the private school. But that seems in the least Not fair, “he wrote at the time.
He continued his argument that universal choice of school in the form of vouchers was a “scam” and would only be in favor of “billionaire mega-donors”.
“Greg Abbott places his billionaire mega-donors above Texas students. Every dollar spent on his billionaire voucher-swam is a dollar from our classrooms. The governor should completely finance our neighborhood schools with a private school voucher scam,” “” He wrote.
Fox News Digital reached for a response to Wu’s office, but did not immediately receive a response.
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The outside of the Capitol in Texas can be seen on 5 September 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
In one press release Creighton announced Senate Bill 2 and said: “This session is fully committed to accepting universal, extensive school choice legislation, so that every Texas family has access to the educational opportunities they deserve. It’s time for Texas to be among the 32 others to connect states that already enable leaders and students with more educational freedom. “
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