A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...
The Senate could vote on the proposal as soon as next week. Democrats on Tuesday criticized the bill saying it fails to ...
The education savings account package is the first bill to be sent to the Senate floor this year, reflecting urgency from Gov ...
Under Senate Bill 2, families whose income is 500% at or below the federal poverty level would be considered a low-income ...
Legislation to create an education savings account program that would cost an initial $1 billion and serve nearly 100,000 ...
The Texas Senate is proposing $1 billion annually for a school voucher program. Sen. Brandon Creighton has now filed SB 2.
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...
The proposal, a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott, budgets $1 billion over the next two years to fund the private school vouchers.
Legislation advances after a budget analysis estimates the cost of the voucher-style program will nearly quadruple in 4 years ...
Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), would create an "Education Savings Account" (ESA) program that ...
Under the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate cannot pass legislation during the first 60 days of a regular session, ...
"The die has been cast. That fact is it's gonna pass," Sen. Royce West said during a Tuesday committee hearing. "The question ...