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Texas families within months can likely begin applying to participate in a new program that will fund children's private ...
“It is absurd for Gov. Abbott and his pro-voucher allies to claim that a diversion of $1 billion in tax funds to private schools over the next budget cycle will not hurt our underfunded public ...
The measure would create a national program funding private school tuition through tax credits, though states would have to ...
That’s how social justice groups like the Texas Freedom Network are describing the passage of a bill that would create a $1 billion school voucher program in the state. The Texas House passed ...
The Texas House has approved a $1 billion school voucher program. It’s the latest victory for a school choice movement that’s been on a roll in state legislatures. April 18, 2025 • ...
The Texas House gave initial approval early Thursday to a bill that would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, crossing a historic milestone and bringing Gov. Greg Abbott’s top ...
With the legislation, Texas becomes the 16th state to pass universal school choice, joining states like Florida, Arizona, Utah, and North Carolina. In total, 30 states and the District of Columbia … ...
As Texas lawmakers brawled over a school voucher plan this spring, scrutiny centered on whether to fund private school students’ tuition with taxpayer dollars. But an overlooked group of ...
Texas is now the largest state with a school voucher program, and soon it's likely to spend more on school vouchers than any other state. But as the Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey reports ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott gives the thumbs up during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education by U.S. President Donald Trump, in the East Room at the ...
The Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed ...