Texas private schools have no required state exams. Will they be held accountable under a voucher plan?
Texas lawmakers are considering allocating $1 billion to education savings accounts, or a type of voucher system, that would ...
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Texas Senate passes school voucher bill: 'Largest launch in American history'
The Texas Senate easily passed a school voucher bill Wednesday night that proposes to give families access to public money to pay for private school tuition and some homeschooling costs.
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Texas House Advances Controversial Private School Voucher Bill Amid Public Education Debate
Texas House Bill 3 introduces private school vouchers, stirring debate about educational funding and school choice.
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Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to public school funding
The Texas House filed its priority bill on private school vouchers on Thursday. Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and ...
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Texas Senate committee quickly ushers school voucher bill, full chamber consideration next
Similar programs have been passed in other states, but the measure has failed to pass in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott made it ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says vouchers could lead to less funding for public schools
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing for lawmakers to pass a $1 billion voucher program that would create state-funded ...
Texas parents push back on school vouchers, demand public funding
The Texas Senate’s voucher program would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school education. “A public school gets just over $6,000 for a public school student so that just doesn’t even ...
Hundreds protest school choice as Texas House and Senate push forward different proposals for Education Savings Account programs
In addition to its school choice proposal, the Texas House has also filed a funding bill that would invest billions in public ...