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Anti-voucher Republicans said they voted for the bill so they could fight to improve it, and also to fend off political ...
HOUSTON, Texas — After years of debate and previous failures, the Texas House of Representatives voted overnight to advance Senate Bill 2. "There being 85 ayes and 63 nays, Senate Bill 2 is passed to ...
Pearland Republican Jeff Barry has long been skeptical of school vouchers, but on Thursday morning he voted to create what ...
The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.
After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education ...
Now that vouchers are coming to Texas, school districts need to get ready, but some say they’re already struggling to keep up ...
The bill would let families use taxpayer dollars for their children's private schooling. Lawmakers also signed off on a sweeping $7.7 billion package to boost public school funding.
More than 100 teachers, parents and grandparents opposed to education savings accounts filled the Capitol on Wednesday ...
Texas lawmakers approved a controversial bill in Austin early Thursday morning. The school choice bill was passed in an 85-62 vote (2 absent). The measure will provide taxpayer-funded education ...
A Fletcher High School student and dozens of others went before Jacksonville City Council, voicing concerns about House Bill 5101 and Senate Bill 2510.
The Texas House passed the largest public school funding bill in state history on Wednesday, dedicating nearly $8 billion to key parts of public education.