Senate Bill 2 would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money to give some parents $10,000 vouchers to spend at private schools.
The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the ...
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...
A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...
Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), would create an "Education Savings Account" (ESA) program that ...
The proposal, a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott, budgets $1 billion over the next two years to fund the private school vouchers.
Both chambers are off to a fast start, with each unveiling its plan to guide state spending for the two-year budget cycle ...
Legislation advances after a budget analysis estimates the cost of the voucher-style program will nearly quadruple in 4 years ...
A bipartisan group of rural Republicans and Democrats killed the idea in the legislature two years ago. This year, Governor ...
A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school ...