The legislation approved $10,000 annual funding for Texas families to allocate toward private education while homeschoolers could access up to $2,000.

Governor Greg Abbott’s top priority cleared a key hurdle after 2 a.m. Thursday morning. The Texas House approved a $1 billion school choice voucher program which would allow roughly 100,000 families to use public school dollars on private and home schooling.

After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education Savings Account plan. The school voucher program would allow parents to use public funds toward private school costs.