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Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday.

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 ...

According to TSTA, while Senate Bill 2 has an initial cost of about $1 billion, the bill is expected to balloon up to $6 ...

Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked for documentation about two North Texas school districts’ policies related to ...

School vouchers took one step closer to becoming law last night, passing the Texas Senate largely along party lines. State Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) was the only Republican to vote against ...

Senate Bill 2 would use $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to create state-managed education savings accounts and provide up to ...

Leander ISD plans to cut more than 200 jobs because of a lack of state funding. That has parents and educators worried.

The school vouchers bill has passed the Senate, and Representative Curry expresses confidence that it will gain approval in ...

The bill would create Education Savings Accounts that would allow Texas families to use public tax dollars to help pay for private school.

After hours of debate on the Texas Senate floor, families are now one step closer to an opportunity to use state money to ...