It was Texas AFT's second consecutive Monday advocating at the Capitol as House members deliberate House Bill 3, a school voucher proposal that would annually allocate $1 billion in public money ...

Opponents argue the plan could reduce public school funding. An anti-voucher rally is planned outside the Capitol today. The bill proposes allocating $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to create the ...

Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the past couple of years has driven a wedge in the Republican Party and ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, Republican House public education committee chair and author of the chamber’s voucher proposal, opened the hearing on House Bill 3 Tuesday morning, stating ...

Lawmakers sparred over that question during a tense and highly attended public hearing on House Bill 3, one of the two main proposals seeking to create a school voucher program, a top priority for ...

Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick say they want to raise teacher pay, but, if finally enacted, SB 2, the voucher bill passed by the Senate, would make it increasingly more difficult for public ...

The 75 co-sponsors plus the bill’s author would provide enough votes to pass Gov. Abbott’s top priority measure in the 150-seat House. Voucher bills would allow many of these Houston students ...

Recommended Videos A narrow majority of the Texas House signed on in support of the chamber’s school voucher bill on Wednesday, signaling that Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority is on track to ...