(Courthouse News/Kirk McDaniel) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — The Texas Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a $1 billion school voucher bill, ending a long-fought campaign by Republicans and sending the ...

Senate Bill 2 designates categories of expenses that voucher dollars can be spent on, an effort to address concerns in other states where parents were able to make non-education-related purchases.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses school vouchers; states support for Rep. Cole Hefner’s foreign-owned land bill ...

AUSTIN — After declining to make any amendments to the Texas House's version of a sweeping school voucher bill, the state Senate on Thursday passed the legislation on a 19-12 vote. Senate Bill 2 ...

The Texas Senate on Thursday voted to advance the $1 billion private school voucher bill to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign it into law and make Texas the biggest state to adopt the ...

DALLAS — After a historic vote Thursday, the private school voucher bill will head to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. In recent months, WFAA spoke to various public-school districts about their ...

Texas Senators, guided by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, voted to approve the Texas House-changed school voucher bill, teeing it up for what will likely be Gov. Greg Abbott's immediate signing of his ...

Texas is poised to establish a school voucher program ... the Senate on April 24 accepted the House’s changes to Senate Bill 2. The legislation creates state funded education savings accounts ...