The Texas Senate filed on Friday its priority bill to create a voucher-like program known as education savings accounts. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune The Texas Senate revealed a bill on ...

School vouchers, often referred to as “school choice” programs, use public funds to help families pay for their children’s private education. Supporters say families should receive state support to ...

The Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024, introduced by Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE-3), would create school vouchers on the federal level, and as with all voucher programs, the devil is ...

In a standing-room-only hearing Tuesday full of emotional testimony, the Texas House Committee on Public Education discussed the chamber’s Education Savings Account bill. If passed, the legislation ...

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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 ...

The Texas House voted in favor of a $1 billion school voucher program, a priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The vote comes after a group of Republican holdouts in rural districts were defeated ...

The Texas Senate filed on Friday its priority bill to create a voucher-like program known as education savings accounts. (Shelby Tauber For The Texas Tribune, Shelby Tauber For The Texas Tribune) Sign ...

Texas lawmakers and Gov. Greg Abbott say the Legislature will create a voucher program this year. Those vows come after ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.