A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, according to a Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research & Survey Center poll . The remainder, 37%, oppose the legislation.
Support exists across multiple demographics.
The majority of Black respondents, 69%, white respondents, 62%, and Latino respondents, 59%, support an ESA program open to all students. Likewise, 78% of Republicans, 64% of Independents and 46% of Democrats support it.
When it comes to supporting an ESA program that restricts recipients to lower income families (a family of four with annual income of less than $50,000), support lessens to 45% overall, with 55% opposing it. Among minorities, support is high: 61% of Blacks and 44% of Latinos support it. Across party lines, 50% of Republicans, 43% of Independents and 43% of Democrats support it.
U.S. Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, introduced the ESA proposal in the Texas Senate, which nearly unanimously passed. It prioritizes ESA eligibility to the most ...
