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The Texas Senate unanimously approved a $336 billion budget that includes teacher pay raises, a school voucher program, and ...

The Texas House Public Education Committee is expected to pass the lower chamber's version of a school voucher bill next week ...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cheered state lawmakers’ push for school vouchers during a March 20 visit to the Capitol in Austin, ...

Even with support for school vouchers in both houses, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, left, and House Speaker Dustin Burrows will have ...

Rep. Bryant argues Texas has long shortchanged public schools with state funding, and vouchers would continue that long-term trend. The basic allotment for students in public schools has remained ...

Indeed, managing school vouchers has become a big business. And, as Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature gear up to pass their own program this session, private ...

This coordinated effort represents the most extensive and most expensive private school voucher scheme ever proposed in the Texas House. Texas students and teachers remain underfunded while ...

School vouchers first and foremost will hurt most Texas school districts. Our former superintendent expressed this with a vivid interpretation. Most school districts have expressed their disdain for ...

Should Texas millionaires be able to cash in on the state’s proposed voucher program? Are vouchers really a chance for kids from low- and middle-income families to finally get a seat in the ...

A majority of Texans are opposed to vouchers, according to most polls, and any such plan has historically faced bipartisan resistance in the Texas House. But changing the makeup of the Legislature ...