Texas Parent PAC poll shows Gov. Greg Abbott on the wrong side of Texas parents, voters, and teachers

Austin, TX – As we speak, Texas Mum or dad PAC launched a public training ballot by Change Analysis of Doubtless Texas Voters exhibiting how Governor Greg Abbott is on the unsuitable facet of Texas dad and mom, lecturers, and voters. 

The Texas Mum or dad PAC ballot discovered that 53% of Texas seemingly voters are in opposition to taxpayer-funded non-public faculty vouchers when listening to vouchers imply much less cash for his or her native public faculties. Majorities of Texans are involved that constitution faculties take cash from native public faculties (76%) and that constitution faculty lecturers don’t have to be licensed to show (80%). 

The ballot additionally exhibits:

• College vouchers stack poorly in opposition to native public faculties in recognition. Solely 41% of seemingly Texas voters charge constitution faculties favorably and 45% charge faculty vouchers favorably, in comparison with 58% favoring native public faculties and 62% giving public faculty lecturers a optimistic score.

• 82% of Texans say they know vouchers will improve their property taxes and take funds away from public faculty lecture rooms.

• Virtually all voters (above 90%) assist hiring extra lecturers, growing instructor salaries, and growing funding for varsity provides. Eight in 10 (80%) voters assist providing lecturers a retention stipend for all of their exhausting work during the last two years.

• Dad and mom are clear about their priorities. Greater than six in 10 (62%) voters assist permitting dad and mom to decide their kids out of standardized testing with out penalty, together with 75% of Texas dad and mom.

Texas AFT President Zeph Capo commented as we speak on the discharge of a brand new ballot by Texas Mum or dad PAC:

“The ballot outcomes are clear, Texans don’t wish to defund public neighborhood faculties for an additional non-public voucher scheme or extra constitution faculty CEO jet joyrides.

“Texans belief lecturers to get their child’s training proper, not politicians like Greg Abbott. They know the Abbott agenda is a political bait-and-switch that can pressure property tax hikes on working Texans whereas lining the pockets of his donors.

“Earlier than the pandemic, lecturers had been already leaving the occupation in droves on account of a scarcity of pay and assist. Now, Texans agree that a very powerful factor to do is fund our faculties, rent extra lecturers, improve salaries, and assist the lecture rooms. 

“A Texas AFT membership survey discovered 66% of Texas lecturers mentioned they lately thought-about leaving their jobs. This ballot exhibits Texans respect our lecturers and are keen to assist them with retention stipends and better wages.”

Click on right here to view the Texas Mum or dad PAC’s ballot by Change Analysis.

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The Texas American Federation of Academics represents greater than 65,000 lecturers, paraprofessionals, assist personnel, and higher-education workers throughout the state. Texas AFT is affiliated with the 1.7-million-member American Federation of Academics and AFL-CIO.