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Young protesters at the Capitol spoke out on Wednesday against the school voucher plan. Here is a sample of their comments. Cameron Samuels, executive director of Students Engaged in Advancing ...
The report says students from lower-income households face numerous barriers when it comes to voucher programs that direct ...
James Talarico went to one of his better voucher arguments at a meeting ... dollars to send their kids to private school. He used a particular example. “Elon Musk is a Texas resident, so would ...
Lawmakers propose new educational savings accounts for certain religious schools with minimal state oversight, despite ...
Two years ago, Ohio did what few other states had done before it: it allowed every family to receive a voucher to pay for private school. The move was praised by school choice advocates ...
WORCESTER ― Taking the floor at the end of a School Committee meeting Thursday, Mayor Joseph Petty addressed recent budget cuts and uncertainty coming from Washington and the Trump administration.
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 ...
Greg Abbott, who named the school voucher measure a top priority for the state legislature this session. Past attempts to create the Education Savings Account program outlined in SB 2 stalled in ...
which include school vouchers. After years of stalling in the state House, the controversial school voucher bill now has its best shot on Wednesday. The Texas House is debating two separate bills.
But this legislative session, Poenitzsch has found it necessary to speak up on Governor Greg Abbott’s top emergency item: private school vouchers. When she looks at the proposed legislation ...
HOUSTON — If Texas lawmakers give the green light to Senate Bill 2, a school voucher program, it could pave the way for thousands of families to use public dollars for private education.