Kelly Hancock: “A billion dollars was set aside by the legislature to choose…”

“Well, one of the things we had to do to pass this this time in the legislature was school choice, what we call the state of Texas Texas Education freedom accounts. For the first time ever, parents and students have an opportunity, A billion dollars was set aside by the legislature to choose the education that best fits their child. Got eight grandkids. Two of them aren't here yet. One's coming in March, another one's coming in August. But the six that I got that are running around, the oldest is seven.” (04:37–04:50)

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