Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a school choice bill into law on Saturday that will allocate $1 billion for a voucher program that allows parents to use public funds to pay for their ...

Texas Governor Signs Largest US School Voucher Law, Marking Conservative Shift By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed a law making more than 5 million students ...

Abbott turns voucher backer After largely avoiding the “school choice” battlefield, Abbott threw his full-throated support behind vouchers during his 2022 reelection bid.

Gov. Greg Abbott takes a photo with students and staff after speaking about school vouchers at Parent Empowerment Night at Harvest Christian Academy in Edinburg on Feb. 6, 2025.

Abbott has already said that he plans to sign Senate Bill 2, a $1 billion proposal allowing families to use taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s private school education.

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law, all but concluding an ugly intraparty ...

Abbott reshaped the House to align with his priority legislation — Operation Lone Star and "school choice" — and in doing so, he expanded the power of his office, Henson said.

Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows promised last week that the House’s Public Education Committee would send the voucher bill, Senate Bill 2, to the floor of the House in a vote Tuesday ...

The F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act has been endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott and is being used to push his top legislative priority, school vouchers, as reported by the Houston Chronicle.

But changing the makeup of the Legislature is all it took to help Abbott pursue his dream. In 2024, Abbott spent $6 million to defeat many of the anti-voucher Republicans who joined with Democrats ...