The Texas House voted largely on party lines to approve a bill that would allow taxpayer money to be put toward private school education. The vote marks

A bill that would spend $1 billion in tax dollars to send students to private schools in Texas is headed to the full House.

Texas lawmakers approved a controversial bill in Austin early Thursday morning. The school choice bill was passed in an 85-62 vote (2 absent). The measure will provide taxpayer-funded education savings accounts,