A first-of-its-kind effort to leverage federal tax dollars to help families pay for private school tuition anywhere in the U.S. is one step closer to becoming a reality.

The law will go into effect on Sept. 1, with the program expected to launch in late 2026. The law’s passage follows years of discord in the Legislature over school vouchers.

House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to ...

A school voucher system gives parents the choice to send their kindergarten through 12th-grade children to a private school using allocated tax dollars.

From left: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott, former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speak about school vouchers during a press conference on March 25 ...

But after at least 11 of the 15 pro-voucher candidates he endorsed earlier this year cruised to victory in Tuesday night’s general election, Abbott said both addressing public schools’ funding ...

As state GOP lawmakers race to pass private school vouchers, divisions are already emerging on how they would impact the state’s nearly 780,000 special education students. Gov. Greg Abbott and ...

(Pixabay) It took multiple special legislative sessions in 2023 and Gov. Greg Abbott campaigning against the naysayers to happen, but now a measure that would create a school voucher program in ...

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the Texas House are expected to hear and debate bills that would create a private school voucher program. Senate Bill 2 has already been passed in the upper chamber and ...