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Texas House preliminarily approves controversial school voucher plan, $7.7B school funding bill
After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education Savings Account plan. The school voucher program would allow parents to use public funds toward private school costs.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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