The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.
Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student ...
Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker Dustin Burrows predict a school voucher bill will pass through the Texas House, which last year ...
House Speaker Dustin Burrows predicted the House will pass a school voucher plan that Abbott will be able to sign into law by ...
Supporters of voucher-like education savings accounts are trying to press their advantage early and build a sense of ...
Competing voucher bills in the state House and Senate could set off a clash over which version goes to the governor's desk.
The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including home-schoolers.
In addition to its school choice proposal, the Texas House has also filed a funding bill that would invest billions in public ...
The House's new political makeup has representatives from Texas Autism Academy, a private Magnolia-based learning disabilities school, hopeful that vouchers will pass. A program like SB 2 would open ...
The Texas House filed its priority bill on private school vouchers on Thursday. Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited ...
The bill, HB3, would give families 85% of the per student funding public schools receive, but that number could change.
House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a figure that public education advocates say falls short of ...