Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. School vouchers, often referred to as “school choice” programs, use public funds to help families pay for their children’s private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas Senate filed on Friday its priority bill to create a voucher-like program known as education savings accounts. Credit: ...

A proposal creating a voucher-like program where public funds could be used towards private schools was passed by the Texas Senate Wednesday, just days after Gov. Greg Abbott made it an emergency item ...

In a standing-room-only hearing Tuesday full of emotional testimony, the Texas House Committee on Public Education discussed the chamber’s Education Savings Account bill. If passed, the legislation ...

The Texas House voted in favor of a $1 billion school voucher program, a priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The vote comes after a group of Republican holdouts in rural districts were defeated ...

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Confusion over the program’s special education requirements is making it difficult for families to meet a looming deadline — and creating more work for Texas school districts.

Texas lawmakers and Gov. Greg Abbott say the Legislature will create a voucher program this year. Those vows come after lawmakers in 2023 repeatedly failed to get several voucher proposals through the ...