Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to choose a new state comptroller in the next few weeks, who will have an outsized role in the state’s rollout of private school vouchers.

The 89th Texas Legislative Session concludes Monday with big moves on schools, THC, and abortion laws. Explore some of the legislation ABC13 has covered this session.

Over the course of the school voucher program’s first eight months, Utah families collectively used their $8,000 vouchers on more than 7,300 different vendors, including schools and businesses.

The Legislature set aside $4 billion for school funding in 2023, but after the policy became entangled with Abbott’s push for private school vouchers, lawmakers couldn’t reach a deal.

In 2021, only 29 members of the 150-seat chamber registered support for vouchers by voting against the measure. On paper, those were the odds confronting Gov. Greg Abbott when he grabbed the reins ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a bill providing roughly $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools, offering relief to districts for teacher and support staff pay ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs $8.5 billion school funding bill with big boosts for teacher pay, ... The governor signed SB 2 into law last month; the voucher program is expected to launch in 2026.

An agenda driven by conservative priorities, schools’ financial duress and teacher needs led to an $8.5 billion boost, new discipline rules, more Christianity in classrooms and a DEI ban.

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to choose a new state comptroller in the next few weeks, who will have an outsized role in the state's rollout of private school vouchers. The next comptroller is ...

Texas’ 2025 legislative session will likely be remembered for its education agenda. From private school vouchers to a public school funding boost, through a heavier emphasis on Christianity and ...

Over time, as school voucher policies grew in popularity, they evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools.

Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program. Republicans ...