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I think it's a lot naive to think that this is what will actually happen with this bill. That said, if the state actually makes moves to ensure that only those who need this can use it, my opinion will change to some degree. But the following things are 100% going to happen: 1. Private schools will raise tuition to ensure that the poor and disabled are unable to make up the difference in cost, while maximizing their profit. 2. Private schools will not relax entry policies to allow those who are supposed to benefit from this plan to actually make it into their school. 3. Fly by night private schools will be opened to take advantage of these funds while not providing a proper education. 4. The overwhelming majority of people who'll benefit from this bill are going to be families who could already afford private school. They'll just get a nice rebate, just like has happened in EVERY state that has enacted these vouchers.

It's also laughable that they're trying to pass this by stating that a main priority is to allow children with disabilities to transfer to private schools. NEWSFLASH: many, if not most, private schools do not have specialized classrooms for special education students. I've had multiple students in my sped class the last 4 years who's siblings attended private schools in Beaumont, but they came to me because those private schools did not have a sped class for them to attend. It's extremely expensive to care for children with severe needs. If a child, for instance, needed a full-time nurse, the district would be responsible for paying for that nurse. Does anyone really think that private schools would accept that child? From an article I'm reading: "Advocates and experts say the bills' broad definition of low-income families - along with lawmakers' unwillingness to require participating private schools to guarantee access to certain student groups - will likely mean Texas' voucher program, like in other states, will end up primarily serving families who are already paying to send their kids to private schools."

Still haven't had explained to me why they get more money to spend at a private school than their child earns a district when they attend public. And you can talk about "speculation", but there's literally no way that private schools are going to take in at-risk kids unless they have something exceptional to offer in athletics. Some of them won't drag down scores. Some of them absolutely will. And most of the schools won't take the risk. Taxpayers aren't going to be applying their money for better opportunities in 95% of the cases. In fact what will be happening is RICH taxpayers will get a nice rebate on the private tuition bill they already can afford to pay. The wealthiest Texans are certainly in favor of school vouchers. Why anyone else is is beyond me.

absurd. my favorite part is how the law doesn't extend to other first responders. so if you attack a firefighter (the bill-pusher's husband happens to be one), you're committing a crime. It's only legal to attack police.

they'll have a good chance, but there's always some variance, especially in those 1-game series. that said, Brookeland appears to have only graduated 2 from a team that 18-3 last year and beat Chester 2 out of 3 times. It seems pretty unlikely Chester steamrolls them.

Should people get to keep their jobs even if they aren't needed? they're downsizing and eliminating wasteful and unnecessary programs, and eliminating unneeded and redudant positions in necessary programs. it works exactly the same way the private sector does. If a hospital closed its cardiology dept would they keep paying cardiology nurses and doctors? It's kind of funny how concerned the left is about jobs being cut now. I never heard a word about it in 2024 when 20.3M American employees were laid off across the country.

I'm sure there are instances of this. But most folks are just doing a job.

The vast majority of these folks have been hired to do a job. The question is whether or not the jobs are necessary, and in many cases they are not. Whether it be surplus park rangers or people working in DEI positions, they're not stealing from tax payers. They're just working. The only way they're stealing from the taxpayers is if they're getting paid for work they aren't doing. That said, I'm all for DOGE eliminating unnecessary positions. If 22 park rangers are doing work that should be done by 15 park rangers, cut 7 positions. If there's a whole office of folks being paid by the government to implement discriminatory DEI initiatives, cut the whole office!

Thanks for doing it for us every week!

Another good one

Congrats!

Best game so far

i agree. was surprised that Wyoming was supposedly letting him do both, not that it's a good program.

and less than half of those 18 were quality looks. to be honest, they moved the ball better the last two minutes of the first half when he went out with 3 fouls than they had all game. There's no arguing that he's willed them to some wins to make it this far, but when the other team can slow him down, there's no adjusting.

I know he was trying to find a school that would let him play basketball and football, but Rigdon isn't close to a D1 basketball player.

Rigdon out of control. Picked up two early fouls and ends up on the ground more than two girls in a jump ball situation.

Fantastic season, and fantastic career for the Kountze seniors! I would've loved to have seen them match up with Tatum for a ship, but it's hard to argue with what Kountze did throughout the year and in the playoffs! Best 3A team in the state this year!

where did I say "if"? The point I was making was how impressive Kountze was, anyway. Paradise is a really good team, and Kountze would've beaten them by 40-50 IF they'd wanted to.

paradise is a good team. Kountze is just on another level. When Paradise is able to get set up in their offense they kick the ball around very well.

It's not really that bad. Obviously I'm pulling for Kountze, but i'm not a biased kountze fan. I've seen a foul or two that couldve been called, that's about it. Kountze does a good job of reaching without fouling.

and after trailing by 32 at the half, Bryson lost by 34. I'm sure that helped the bus ride home some.

mine loaded in the right spot. at least they got it fixed. I think during the regular season and early playoffs if they have a problem sometimes they just say "screw it" and don't even try.

same. so sick of this. it seems like at least half of the games that I really care about something happens with the feed.

Been a lot of talk about bad shooting because the gym is so big and they’re not used to it. In years past they’d play the semi there and shoot better in the final

Martins Mill wins the 2A-D2 championship 55-43! The score doesn’t really tell the tale of how close this game was. MM went on a run early fourth and Lipan started fouling early which ballooned the score a bit