School voucher legislation passed the Senate last year before it failed multiple times in the House. Abbott has previously said he would not sign a school funding bill that didn't have vouchers attached. Abbott has said the program would not take funding from public schools. Opponents, ho...
In 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott called four special sessions to address property taxes, immigration and border enforcement and school vouchers, among other things. The Texas Senate also convened September 2023 for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial. (The Senate acquitted ...
Texas Senators Fast-Track School Voucher Bill for Full Vote More 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...
Abbott also worked to boot seven anti-voucher Republicans off the ballot in the state’s March Republican primaries. Voucher bills have failed in Texas, most notably, last year, when 21 House Republicans voted against expanding school choice as part of an education-funding bill. …Abbott spent ...
Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students' private school Updated: Jan. 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM GMT+8| By Jaden Edison and Pavan Acharya for the Texas Tribune The Texas Senate revealed a bill on Friday to create an education savings accounts program. Texas...
A new Texas bill allows school boards to review and remove books deemed inappropriate, sparking debates among educators and parents about its impact on children. Jan 15 02:49 Gov. Abbott's school voucher plan takes center stage as Texas House elects new speaker ...
Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students' private school Updated: Jan. 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM GMT+8| By Jaden Edison and Pavan Acharya for the Texas Tribune The Texas Senate revealed a bill on Friday to create an education savings accounts program. News...
Tensions over the speaker race has shown a growing influence of emboldened hard-right conservatism in the Statehouse. Pushback against Phelan that beagn after his involvement in Paxton's impeachment intensified after the House failed to pass a school voucher bill last ...
Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and continue the state’s border crackdown, according to initia
House lawmakers as they will debate House Bill 1, the House version of the budget. Over 300 amendments to the bill have already been filed and one of those amendments sets up a key vote on the issue of school choice and education savings accounts which are often referred to as vouchers....