Interview: Sen. Brandon Creighton on School Choice in Texas' Third Special Session

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Sen. Brandon Creighton joined The Texan’s reporter Cameron Abrams to discuss the ongoing effort to send school choice legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Creighton, the chair of the Senate Education Committee, is the author of Senate Bill (SB) 1, the centerpiece legislation for Abbott’s top priority for the current special session. 

He discussed the details of his legislation, including why the bill did not pass during the regular session earlier this year and the dynamics between the House and Senate when tensions are particularly high. 

“This is the emergency item,” said Creighton. “So I do believe we need to treat it as such and we need to expect that whether it’s in this third called special session or the seventh called special session, that we will be working in a way that at the end of the day, hopefully will help kids the most.” 

Creighton also responded to criticism from a Democratic colleague who claimed that the legislation would promote racism and resegregation in schools, and discussed differing views on the policy within the homeschool community.