Texas School Choice Special Session to Come

With the reinstatement of Attorney General Ken Paxton to his office and September’s historic impeachment trial in the rearview, the Texas Legislature will likely be preparing for another important piece of business: school choice legislation.

As reported by The Dallas Express, a third special session has been said to be in the cards this fall, with Abbott’s chief political strategist, Dave Carney, suggesting the administration was eyeing October to convene state lawmakers.

“The governor, the team, and our allies continue to work on this,” said Carney, according to The Dallas Morning News. “We’re getting closer every week. When we have the trial and everything else behind us, then the governor will call a special session, probably in October, and we’ll get everything done.”

Polling conducted by the University of Texas at Austin suggests there is plenty of support in the state for school choice legislation, with most respondents registering support for some kind of taxpayer-funded mechanism to help families pay for private school or homeschooling.