Gov. Abbott on education special session: Nope
Gov. Greg Abbott said 140 days is plenty of time for lawmakers to do the business of Texas, and he's not fond of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's suggestion of a special legislative session to fix school funding.
"Texans don't want a full-time legislature, they want a legislature that can get their work done and then go home," Abbott spokesman John Wittman said in an email.
Patrick told the Midland Reporter-Telegram this weekend that lawmakers won't have time to fix public school funding during the regular legislative session, which begins in January. The governor, he said, would have to call a special 30-day additional session to deal with that issue.
"If the governor is willing, I am willing to address it in a special session," Patrick said. "We can't continue the way we have been going. ... The best way to handle it is to fix it once and for all."
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