House unveils its voucher version

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AUSTIN— Texas House

members filed a bevy of education bills last week, including a proposed $8 billion investment in public education and a voucher bill that ties the amount of money spent for private schooling to the dollar amount provided to public schools. The Austin American-Statesman reported the bill, filed by Rep. Brad Buckley, RSalado, would increase the base level of per-student funding by…