A provision in the House Republican budget bill would provide public money for private education and home-schooling, something many Democratic-led states have resisted. By Dana Goldstein Advocates ...

Texas will implement a $1 billion school voucher program that uses public dollars to fund private school tuition under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed Saturday, capping off a yearslong effort by Rep… ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will implement a $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, that uses public dollars to fund private school tuition under a bill Gov. Greg ...

Texas is poised to establish a school voucher program, joining 15 other states with universal school choice. The priority policy of Gov. Greg Abbott is headed to his desk after the Senate on April ...

Texas Senators, guided by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, voted to approve the Texas House-changed school voucher bill, teeing it up for what will likely be Gov. Greg Abbott's immediate signing of his ...

Texas House moves bill to Senate to allocate $1 billion for school vouchers, a priority for Gov. Abbott, creating Education Savings Accounts for families. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

The bill would let families use taxpayer dollars for their children’s private schooling. Lawmakers also signed a $7.7 billion package to boost public school funding.

Texas District 30 House Representative AJ Louderback on Wednesday became one of 86 Republicans to vote yes on a bill that would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, ...

The voucher bill would give Texas families more than $10,000 yearly to send their children to private school. Democrats and some Republicans oppose the bill, saying it will strip funding from ...

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the Texas House are expected to hear and debate bills that would create a private school voucher program. Senate Bill 2 has already been passed in the upper chamber and ...

The bills are the House’s answer to the Texas Senate’s swift action early this session to advance education legislation, including a $1 billion annual school voucher program and $2.3 billion ...

The changes to House Bill 2, the public school funding bill, and Senate Bill 2, the voucher proposal, will now go to the full House for further consideration. All Democrats on the committee voted ...