Anti-voucher protesters gather in the Texas State Capitol rotunda. They chanted slogans like “Fund our schools,” “no to vouchers,” and “let the people vote.” The Texas House of Representatives is debating public education bills today. One of them is Senate Bill 2, the voucher bill, which would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, which would give participants $10,000 a year to attend private schools. Discussion is anticipated to go all day and if the House approves the bill, it will make its way back to the Senate which approved a different version of the bill in February. House Bill 2, a $8 billion proposal which would increase public school funding, will also be considered by the House today. It will increase the student basic allotment by $1,300 which will bring funding back to the levels it should have been in 2019. With a busy day in the House chamber, people flooded into the Capitol to support and reject proposals, particularly the voucher bill. The Texas Fre...