TASB Talks: Lege Update March 20, 2023
Mar 20, 2023•17 min
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Episode description
Kay and Dax journey through last week's happenings and talk about what's to come this week. Learn more about:
- Senate Bill 175 on "taxpayer funded lobbying" a.k.a. community censorship was discussed last week
- Conversations on property tax reduction continue
- Legislation related to teachers, including an across-the-board pay raise, will be heard in Senate Ed this week
- Senate Ed will also be focused on vouchers Wednesday, hearing SB 8 and other voucher bills. SB 8 would create education savings accounts that would give out up to $8,000 in taxpayer money, per student, to pay for private school.
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