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Dustin Burrows: “You have got to have accountability. If tax dollars follow…”

Featuring: Dustin Burrows, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 83

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A conversation with Reps. Dustin Burrows & Drew Darby

Published | Video Starts at 17:34

So any plan that tried to either divert money or try to give people the opportunity to access private or parochial schools with no accountability, similar to those that the superintendent and his teachers and his schools are held to, you're not for that. You have got to have accountability. If tax dollars follow, I mean, if we're talking about, you know, special education, you know, vouchers or whatever they want to call it or whatnot, all of it's going to have some standards and oversight. I would assume otherwise. We can't do it. Well, I mean, when asked that question, one of the leading advocates for vouchers, when asked, said, well, why would I want that accountability? (17:34–17:45)

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Asserts that any program involving tax dollars, such as vouchers, must have standards and oversight.

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