Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants the Senate to accept the latest version of the school choice proposal that would create education savings accounts in the state.

School vouchers are moving closer to being a done deal with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushing for lawmakers in the Texas Senate to approve the Texas House's plan to allocate taxpayer dollars to pay for private and parochial schooling.

Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.