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Texas school choice voucher debate continues as bill advances to house
The debate over school choice vouchers in Texas is heating up as Senate Bill 2, which proposes an education savings account program, moves to the ...
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Texas Senate passes bill creating $1 billion school voucher-like program
After seven hours of debate over SB 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so that they could expedite ...
Texas State Teachers Association warns that voucher bill will hurt teachers' pay
According to TSTA, while Senate Bill 2 has an initial cost of about $1 billion, the bill is expected to balloon up to $6 ...
Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...
Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools sails through Senate
"Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools swiftly sails through Senate" was first published by The ...
Absenteeism remains high and Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are frequently absent ...
TX Senate: Bill gives families $10k for private school
The Texas Senate Education Committee approved school voucher legislation... sending it to the full chamber for consideration.
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Texas Senate school voucher proposal would give students $10,000 for private schooling
Two days after the Texas Senate pledge $1 billion for a school voucher program, Sen. Brandon Creighton unveiled legislation that would offer $10,000 to most children who chose to enroll in private ...
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Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students' private school
Some opponents are holding out hope that pro-voucher legislators will stumble over disputes on the many moving parts still up in the air. Brian Woods, head of grassroots advocacy at the Texas ...
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Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school
After years of hitting a brick wall, school voucher advocates in Texas entered this year’s legislative session with better odds than ever of passing a measure that would let parents use public ...