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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.

Texas lawmakers are proposing a school voucher program that would allow virtually any family in Texas to receive taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition, with eligibility prioritizing students with disabilities and low-income families, but critics argue that the broad definition of low-income families would likely mean the program would primarily serve families who are already paying to send their kids to private schools.

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