Texas lawmakers kicked off a new legislative session mid-January and it has been no secret that “school choice,” “school vouchers,” “education freedom,” or some of its other monikers, would be a top ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott plans on speaking at a private school in San Antonio on Monday, February 17. Hosted by the Texas ...
Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.
The bill would provide eligible families with $10,000 per student in the form of a school voucher to help fund private and home school education.
Since his reelection campaign in 2022, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been foiled in perhaps his biggest priority as the state’s ...
Greg Abbott named seven emergency items including property tax cuts, water infrastructure and restricting bail.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Private school vouchers and other school choice initiatives would expand under an order coming from President Donald Trump telling government agencies to repurpose federal ...
Gov. Greg Abbott made it his signature education issue in 2023 and has again thrown his political capital behind a school voucher plan this year. Incensed that a school voucher plan didn't make it ...
Special legislative sessions called by voucher proponent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that year tied "school choice" to a public education funding increase. The outlook for public school finance in ...
Tuesday night, a Texas Senate committee approved a plan to help parents pay for private school for their children. Senate Bill 2 would create education savings accounts, a voucher-like program. The ...
It is expected that Abbott will declare the school voucher bill — his top legislative priority in recent years — an “emergency item,” allowing lawmakers to pass the proposal within the ...
A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was moved forward by a panel of lawmakers Tuesday night, giving voucher supporters like Gov. Greg Abbott their first major win of the ...