Let's Defy the Texas Voucher Program

Hello!

Texas Impact, a faith-based group "working toward justice" provided a template that you can print out, sign, and mail OR download, sign, and email to Texas legislators letting them know you oppose the voucher program. 

I have included some articles related to vouchers here: 

https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/policy/vouchers/

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/texas-vouchers/

https://www.texasaft.org/features/where-the-texas-legislatures-voucher-fight-stands/

Here is the email/letter template for you to print out or copy and paste:

Dear Texas Legislator, 

As a proud Texan, I value the role public schools play in shaping our future. I oppose private school subsidies, also known as vouchers or education savings accounts. I believe private school subsidies are wasteful, deceitful, inefficient, and unfair. 

Public school dollars should go only to public schools. Public schools in Texas are underfunded by billions of dollars every year. The Comptroller is projecting a large increase in state revenue over the next two years compared to the past two years, and that money should go to fully funding public education. 

Private schools pick and choose which students to admit. Vouchers force taxpayers to subsidize private schools’ preferences. And without elected boards or state oversight, vouchers give away tax dollars with no financial or academic accountability. 

Public schools educate more than 90 percent of Texas students, serving all the students in their boundaries. They build the workforce that powers the Texas economy. We can’t afford to underwrite a few special choices at the expense of our collective future. 

We elect legislators to represent the interests of their communities. Responding to their communities, Texas legislators have rejected private school subsidies time after time. In the face of increasing pressure from special interests, I pledge that I will stand with my legislators in opposing vouchers. When they vote against private school subsidies, I will make sure all their constituents know they did the right thing.

Signed,

______________, a concerned citizen

Email: _________________________

City of Residence: ________________

Number of Children in the public education system: __________

How to contact your Texas Legislators:

1.) Go to this site and type in your address: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

2.) You will get a list of your legislators. The ones you want to write to are your Texas State Representative and your Texas State Senator. You can also reach out to your State Board of Education District representative. This person is is responsible for adopting policies, approving budgets, and making decisions about the purchase of textbooks and instructional materials.


How to contact Governor Greg Abbott:

1.) Go to this form: https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact-us/opinion

2.) On the Issue field, select "Education." 

3.) Copy and Paste the email template into the Comment Field.

How to contact Lieutenant Dan Patrick:

1.) Go to this form: https://www.ltgov.texas.gov/contact/contact-general/

2.) Copy and Paste the email template into the Comment Field. 

Thank you for taking the time to fight for our public school system!

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