Texas will implement a $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, that uses public dollars to fund ...

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans have been seeking $11 billion in reimbursements for Operation Lone Star during ...

Texas will give participating families about $10,000 to pay for their kids’ private schooling. Other details about the ...

The Texas Lottery is set to automatically expire on Aug. 31 if lawmakers do not pass legislation extending it. State agencies ...

The agreement, revealed in Senate and House committee hearings Monday, would increase the homestead exemption to $140,000 for ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2, the education savings account (ESA) program, into law on Saturday afternoon, creating the nation’s largest day-one school choice program.

Republican lawmakers and supporters say it will let parents pull their children out of poor-performing public schools.

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“It's the antithesis of conservative, small ‘c,’ government, which is that government at the lowest level will be the ...

A bill passed by the state Senate would allow the state attorney general to freeze sales and property tax revenues if a city ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to sign legislation into law on Saturday that creates Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in Texas. Texas Republicans call the legislation "school choice." ...

After months of heightened scrutiny, the Republican-led Texas Senate has begun working toward a potential outright ...