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The Texas House will debate the school choice bill Wednesday. See what school vouchers are and how Senate Bill 2 would impact students.
Texas House lawmakers approved a voucher bill on Thursday, following a debate that started late in the afternoon on Wednesday ...
On Wednesday, lawmakers in the Texas House are expected to hear and debate bills that would create a private school voucher program. Senate Bill 2 has already been passed in the upper chamber and ...
(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 ...
After years of stalling in the state House, the controversial school voucher bill now has its best shot on Wednesday. The Texas House is debating two separate bills. Both will impact the future of ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...