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

April 17, 2025 The Texas House of Representatives voted early Thursday morning to create one of the largest taxpayer-funded school voucher programs, a hard-fought victory for private school ...

Critics argue the proposed bill would take much-needed funding away from public schools. Jackie Anderson, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, said the voucher system would ...

Gustavo Reveles, a member of the State Board of Education, says the vouchers could hurt the public school system here in El Paso. "The implementation of a voucher system would divert ...