FOX 7's John Krinjak and Scott Braddock discuss what to expect. The Brief The new Texas legislative session begins Jan. 14. One of the first pieces of business will be deciding on a new House Speaker. Other big issues for the legislature include school vouchers, cannabis, gambling a...
The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the Senate after hours of public testimony largely focused on whether the proposal would live up to its promise of prioritizing low-income families and children with...
Gov. Greg Abbott has made school vouchers one of his highest priorities this legislative session. The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers says it seems to be a code word for a tax break for the upper middle class and wealthiest Texans who are sending their kids to private ...
San Antonio to Test School Voucher ValueA $50 million privately funded school voucher program, announced yesterday in Texas, will allow nearly all 14,551 students in San Antonio's poorest school district to leave faltering public schools for private ones.Innerst, Carol...
Franklin County, Ohio Court Soon to Decide Whether to Continue Voucher Case November 28, 2022Bradley Vasoli In the next few weeks, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jaiza Page (D) is poised to decide whether a lawsuit against Ohio’s private-school choice program will go forward. ...
Texas senators fast-track school voucher bill for full vote January 30 Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school January 25 Tennessee Gov. Lee renews push for school vouchers, adds hurricane relief and immigration to effort January 16 ...
suggesting that Florida voters want the program open to everyone. But in Texas, a YouGov/University of Houston poll showed higher support for tax-funded vouchers for low-income parents (61 percent) than for all parents (53 percent). (A precise income limit was not specified.)...
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) —Week 11 of the high school football season is Nov. 7 and 8. Thursday, Nov. 7 Parkland - 21 vs El Dorado - 68 Pebble Hills - 35 vs Franklin - 49 Coronado - 28 vs Eastlake - 42 Catch up on the scores of tonight's High School football matches ...
Gov. Greg Abbott makes his way to center stage to speak on the north steps of the State Capitol to supporters at a Texas Public Policy Foundation Parent Empowerment rally on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 in Austin. Abbott and his supporters are pushing to have a voucher system...
School voucher billsin front of the Texas Legislature are wolves in sheeps’ clothing. As North Texas public school teachers, we implore you to take a closer look and ask for a sensible education budget worthy of our students. If only 5% of students use this voucher system, that leaves 95...