Which public education priority do you think is the MOST IMPORTANT for the Texas Legislature to address? (October 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| School safety | 36% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 21% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 15% |
| Public school financing | 11% |
| Parental rights | 6% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 5% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 1% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 40% | 29% | 32% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 12% | 23% | 28% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 21% | 15% | 9% |
| Public school financing | 17% | 13% | 6% |
| Parental rights | 2% | 5% | 9% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 2% | 7% | 9% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 2% | 3% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 28% | 49% | 42% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 15% | 16% | 9% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 34% | 13% | 19% |
| Public school financing | 13% | 10% | 20% |
| Parental rights | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 3% | 3% | 1% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 4% | 0% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 23% | 32% | 36% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Public school financing | 4% | 5% | 7% |
| Parental rights | 20% | 3% | 9% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 10% | 6% | 9% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 1% | 8% | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 37% | 45% | 30% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 12% | 13% | 29% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 22% | 16% | 10% |
| Public school financing | 20% | 10% | 5% |
| Parental rights | 0% | 4% | 10% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 0% | 4% | 10% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 2% | 1% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 40% | 37% | 34% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 12% | 16% | 9% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 23% | 17% | 28% |
| Public school financing | 15% | 22% | 20% |
| Parental rights | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 5% | 3% | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Public school library materials | 0% | 3% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 3% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 28% | 32% | 28% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 28% | 34% | 25% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 17% | 9% | 5% |
| Public school financing | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Parental rights | 9% | 5% | 16% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 7% | 8% | 13% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Public school library materials | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 1% | 0% | 0% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 32% | 48% | 42% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 23% | 12% | 19% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 15% | 10% | 17% |
| Public school financing | 11% | 10% | 9% |
| Parental rights | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 3% | 5% | 2% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 1% | 2% | 0% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| School safety | 30% | 40% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 22% | 19% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 16% | 15% |
| Public school financing | 10% | 12% |
| Parental rights | 8% | 4% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 7% | 4% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 5% | 3% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 1% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 37% | 31% | 44% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 20% | 21% | 20% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 11% | 19% | 13% |
| Public school financing | 12% | 12% | 6% |
| Parental rights | 4% | 6% | 7% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 5% | 6% | 5% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Public school library materials | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 36% | 41% | 31% | 36% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 18% | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 15% | 12% | 19% | 14% |
| Public school financing | 13% | 10% | 11% | 10% |
| Parental rights | 3% | 3% | 8% | 7% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 2% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 9% | 5% | 1% | 1% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Public school library materials | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 43% | 48% | 39% | 34% | 29% | 19% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 24% | 14% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 24% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 4% | 11% | 11% | 17% | 21% | 20% |
| Public school financing | 7% | 6% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 21% |
| Parental rights | 12% | 8% | 2% | 11% | 3% | 4% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 3% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 7% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Public school library materials | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 40% | 37% | 32% | 22% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 21% | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 14% | 11% | 15% | 28% |
| Public school financing | 6% | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| Parental rights | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 7% | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 2% | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Public school library materials | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 0% | 2% | 3% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| School safety | 40% | 41% | 22% | 27% |
| Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) | 23% | 19% | 16% | 31% |
| Teacher pay / teacher retention | 8% | 15% | 28% | 9% |
| Public school financing | 7% | 8% | 21% | 14% |
| Parental rights | 9% | 5% | 2% | 6% |
| Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation | 6% | 6% | 5% | 1% |
| Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements | 6% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Expanding the number of charter schools | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Public school library materials | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| The treatment of students who are transgender | 0% | 0% | 3% | 3% |
