Education News Texas school voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families but also be open to all students. Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept ...

Texas lawmakers kicked off a new legislative session mid-January and it has been no secret that “school choice,” “school vouchers,” “education freedom,” or some of its other monikers ...

Texas Legislative Session, House Bill 2 was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. This bill, which was co-authored by numerous Texas state representatives including Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf, ...

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.

How will vouchers work in Texas? Texas will put $1 billion over a two-year period toward the program, which is expected to launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.

But the House bill mandates that public schools do so within 45 days. Texas school districts have struggled in recent years to keep up with rising demand for special education services and a ...

Education. How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas. The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat.

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...

The Texas Legislature is on the verge of passing the nation’s largest day-one school choice program. School vouchers legislation has already passed in the Senate, and the Texas House is expected ...

As Texas state lawmakers prepare for the 2025 legislative session, a recent survey by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs and the Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The recent approval of a school voucher program by Texas lawmakers is opening doors to private education for families who previously found it financially out of reach.

How will vouchers work in Texas? Texas will put $1 billion over a two-year period toward the program, which is expected to launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.