Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Texas Legislature opens special session
Texas State Capitol Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session that begins today, Oct. 9, to deal with school vouchers and border security issues.
A coalition of Democrats and rural Republicans oppose vouchers. Democrats do not believe in government funding of private schools and rural Republicans have few, if any, private schools in their districts and understand vouchers will take money from their local public schools.
Private schools may exclude any student they choose, which is another reason why the members of the LGBTQ Caucus oppose funding private schools.
Dallas state Rep. Jessica Gonzalez tweeted, “Vouchers are a scam that threaten everything we love about our public schools. We must all come together — Democrats and Republicans, parents and teachers, rural Texans and urban Texans — to protect our neighborhood schools.” Houston state Rep.
