Voucher bill has backing of House majority

AUSTIN— A slim majority of Texas House

members have indicated they will back House Bill 3, which creates education savings accounts that allow families to use taxpayer money for private school education. The Dallas Morning News reported that 75 Republican legislators have signed on with the bill’s author, state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, to support the measure.

“For the first time in our great sta…