Texas House committee considering cap on school voucher spending, increases to public school funding
The potential changes were unveiled Monday when the committee released two rewritten versions of legislation. The committee ...
Under the proposed changes in one bill, Texas' school voucher program would be capped at $1 billion for the first two years.
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Texas voucher bills have appearance of academic accountability, but in practice it won’t mean muchThe Texas voucher bills don't require voucher recipients to take the state standardized tests, making it difficult to measure how much they're learning compared to students in public schools.
The Committee on Public Education in the Texas House of Representatives held a hearing on HB 3 on Tuesday afternoon.
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El Paso Matters on MSNEl Paso teachers' unions advocate increased school funding, decry vouchers at Texas legislatureEl Paso teachers’ union leaders headed to the Capitol to advocate for school funding as many districts throughout the county ...
Education policy experts and public education advocates worry that creating a school voucher program with broad eligibility, as proposed by the Texas House and Senate's priority bills, will fall ...
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Different pace and priorities separate Texas Senate and House on school vouchersEven with support for school vouchers in both houses, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, left, and House Speaker Dustin Burrows will have ...
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Tuesday said more than enough House members are lined up in support of private school vouchers, building on his earlier optimism that the measure would ...
22, 2023. Abbott met attendees including James Mayville (left) and Edward Meshell (right) of Americans for Prosperity Texas, while promoting school choice.(Allison Slomowitz / Special Contributor ...
Texas educators, including K-12 teachers and university professors from across the state, gathered at the Capitol to protest school vouchers and against limitations to shared governance proposals.
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 ...
In public hearings, during Capitol floor debates and in rooms packed with their constituents, Texas lawmakers have pitched school vouchers as a tool that will primarily benefit low-income students ...
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