Texas Legislative Issues 2023
School Choice
https://uh.edu/hobby/tx2023/school.pdf

The Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston conducted an online survey of Texans ages 18 and older to assess their preferences and opinions regarding legislationt hat will be considered by the Texas Legislature during the 2023 legislative session. The survey was fielded between January 9 and January 19, 2023, in English and Spanish, with 1,200 YouGov respondents, resulting in a confidence interval of +/-2.8%. The respondents were matched to a sampling frame on gender, age, race/ethnicity, and education and are representative of the population of Texas adults.

This is the third of seven reports. The first report examined the saving and spending preferences of Texans related to the state’s current $33 billion budget surplus, support for legislation to reimburse universities and colleges for tuition benefits provided and expand Medicaid’s postpartum coverage, and support for a series of proposed sales tax exemption bills. The second examined support for gambling legislation presently under consideration in the Texas Legislature. This report examines support for two forms of proposed school choice legislation, vouchers and tax incentives for donations to support attendance at private schools. Future reports will examine support for legislation regulating
marijuana, abortion, firearms, elections, immigration, and energy.

Executive Summary
61% of Texans support (and 39% oppose) a policy which would provide low-income Texas parents with tax-funded vouchers that they can use to help pay for their children to attend private or religious schools of their choice.

 78% of Black, 64% of Latino and 55% of white Texans support vouchers for low-income Texans.
 67% of Independents, 64% of Republicans and 57% of Democrats support vouchers for low-income Texans.
 73% of Black Democrats, 71% of Latino Republicans, 58% of white Republicans, 57% of Latino Democrats, and 48% of white Democrats support vouchers for low-income Texans.
 73% of Texas born-again Christians support vouchers for low-income Texans compared to 56%
of Texans who are not born-again Christians.
 64% of Texans living in large urban counties, 59% living in rural counties, and 56% living in suburban counties support vouchers for low-income Texans.
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53% of Texans support (and 47% oppose) a policy which would provide tax-funded vouchers for all parents in Texas, which they can use to help pay for their children to attend private or religious schools of their choice.
 65% of Black, 54% of Latino and 50% of white Texans support vouchers for all Texans. [And, much, much more at the site]-- excerpt, rest at link above --