The $1 billion proposal, which proponents call school choice, would give students roughly $10,500 in taxpayer money for ...

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg ...

Texas parents will be able to access thousands of dollars in state funds to pay for private education or homeschooling for ...

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

The report says students from lower-income households face numerous barriers when it comes to voucher programs that direct ...

While the House and Senate still need to agree on a final plan, the vote was a huge victory for the governor, who has pushed ...

Greg Abbott, a Republican who made the issue a top priority and has said he plans to sign the ... to private schools. No. Private schools can choose whether to participate in the voucher program.

He released a statement calling the vote an extraordinary victory, promising to quickly sign the bill into ... the group in chants – “No vouchers, fund our schools” – for close to an ...

Greg Abbott signs it into law ... into Thursday. No Democrat voted in favor of its passage. There has often been resistance to private school vouchers in conservative rural regions, where few ...