Texas Senate OK’s divisive tax credit scholarship bill
Texas Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to a divisive bill designed to help thousands of public school students pay for tuition at private or religious institutions.
Sen. Larry Taylor’s Senate Bill 4 passed to engrossment on a 17-13, party line vote in the 31-member upper chamber after Republicans struck down a handful of Democratic-proposed amendments to the measure.
Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, absent Monday following a motorcycle accident, was absent.
The bill would provide up to $100 million in tax credits to businesses that give money to a pre-approved non-profits formed to dole out the funds to public school students to help pay for tuition at alternative schools.
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