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Texas House Democrats table test vote on vouchers ahead of key showdown next week
A budget amendment from state Rep. John Bryant of Dallas would have zeroed out the $1 billion currently set aside to ...
Most of the families applying for Alabama’s new school vouchers have kids in non-public schools
More than half of families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program have children attending a private school or ...
Texas House education panel advances school voucher, funding bills
The Texas House Public Education Committee advanced bills for school vouchers and school funding Thursday, teeing up the high ...
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Texas looks set to pass America’s biggest school-voucher scheme
Two years ago the governor of Texas named his top policy priority: a sprawling school-voucher bill that would give parents ...
Texas House Committee advances Education Savings Accounts, public school finance legislation to full House
The Texas House Committee on Public Education also proposes changes to its sweeping school finance proposal. House Bill 2 ...
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Debate over school vouchers in TX now moves to House floor
After several weeks of public comment, bills addressing school finance in Texas will be presented to the House of ...
Texas' $1B voucher plan has a Christian focus. Here's why Muslim, Jewish schools could also benefit
Vouchers could broaden the potential pool of applicants and help existing families continue affording tuition, school leaders ...
School vouchers distract from the real solutions that Texas public schools need | Opinion
Instead of funneling public money into private institutions, we should work to ensure every child in Texas has access to a ...
Texas educators band together to challenge school vouchers, faculty 'censorship'
Texas professors and teachers' unions met with lawmakers Monday to say why they oppose school vouchers and limits on faculty ...
School voucher debate comes to a head — Texas lawmakers vote today
As the debate over school voucher bills, KHOU 11 spoke with an expert to highlight the key differences between the two proposals and what comes next.
North Texas private school headmaster gives her perspective on school choice vouchers
Deborah Hof, headmaster at Selwyn School, an independent day school in Argyle, recently sat down with CBS News Texas to talk about how the program would impact her students. Selwyn School is K-12th ...
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School finance bill, voucher proposal clear first hurdle in the Texas House
The Texas House Public Education Committee passed a sweeping school finance proposal on Thursday, along with a bill that ...