A Nov. 24 update of “Voters Guide 2026: Texas Gears Up For Historic Midterms” contained incorrect information about Rep. Drew Darby’s voting record.
Rep. Darby has supported legislation for charter schools, but opposed the school voucher plan supported by Gov. Greg Abbott up through the 88th Legislature.
After defending his seat against a primary challenger funded chiefly by the governor and his supporters, Darby continued to oppose vouchers during the 89th Legislature, until he and other stalwart holdouts agreed to support Abbott’s plan, in exchange for compromise language that garnered more funding for public schools. The bill was promptly signed into law.
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Public-service project website TLOK.org offered this summary of Darby’s votes on major education legislation over the past few legislative sessions.
- Yea – HB1525: Providing outcomes-based bonuses tied to STAAR test scores
- Yea – HB159: Define enhanced training for teachers of students with disabilities
- Yea – HB2954: Extending suicide prevention and intervention programs to elementary schools
- Yea – HB3979: Limiting teachers regarding free speech and engagement in classrooms
- Yea – HB4545: Requiring schools, generally, to provide supplemental instruction for low-assessing students
- Yea – SB179: Requiring school-counselor duties to be at least 80-percent counseling
- Yea – SB1365: Widening TEA’s discretion to take over any district cited for poor performance
- Yea – SB2050: Strengthening requirements for anti-bullying policies and reports
- Yea – SB3-2: Requiring civics-teacher training AND forbidding Critical Race Theory concepts
- Yea – SB9-2: Providing materials on the prevention of child abuse, family violence and dating violence
- Nay – HB41: Mandating improved pre-K student/teacher ratios
- Nay – HB2287: Creating a mental-health services database
- Nay – HB547: Allowing charter-school, private-school, and home-school students to participate on UIL public-school teams
- Nay – HB3610: Relating to charter schools and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment therein
- Nay – HB3731: Fast tracking TEA’s take over of school districts receiving “D” and “F” ratings based on test scores.
The original article has been corrected to accurately reflect Mr. Darby’s record.
Matthew McDaniel, News Editor
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