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.

The bill would let families use taxpayer dollars for their children’s private schooling. Lawmakers also signed off on a ...

The Texas House made history early this morning when lawmakers approved a private school voucher program. It is the first time the school-choice measure has made it through the chamber. Hours before ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives initially passed a bill to create an Education Savings Account (ESA) program early Thursday morning. The House version of Senate Bill 2 is expected ...

The bill would let families use taxpayer dollars for private school. It still has a couple of hurdles before becoming law.

After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education ...

In the early Thursday morning hours, after a marathon debate, the Texas House gave its approval to a plan to create a $1 billion education savings account program, the culmination of years of advocacy ...

The Texas House Public Education Committee on Thursday voted in favor of a $1 billion spending cap for the first two years of a potential school voucher ... some of the fees that teachers have ...

A proposed Texas House committee's revision to the Senate’s school voucher bill would give higher priority to students receiving special education and those from low-income backgrounds ...

And yet, the governor's answer is to divert funding away from public schools through a private school voucher scam that would help less than 1% of those currently in public schools or ...

That voucher plan would give parents public funds to send their kids to private schools. ESAs have been a top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott since 2023. The Senate has already passed SB 2 and House ...

Private schools may reject students because of their academic ability, personal beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Vouchers do little more than undermine public education and subsidize ...