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Voucher vote updates: Texas House approves voucher proposal
In another marathon effort that ended early Thursday, the Texas House debated and approved Senate Bill 2, which would create ...
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Texas officials’ claim that school funding is at an all-time high ignores inflation and temporary federal money
A Tribune analysis also found the state’s share of the funds that schools receive per student significantly decreased in the ...
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The Texas House is set to vote on school vouchers and public school funding. Here’s what you need to know.
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows in the House chamber on April 10, 2025. Lawmakers in the House are expected to vote Wednesday on their marquee school voucher ... to a recent legislative budget ...
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Texas schools can do better for students. School choice is part of the solution | Opinion
School vouchers legislation has already passed in the Senate, and the Texas House is expected to take it up this week. In a recent marathon 22-hour House Public Education hearing, I was proud to ...
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Do Houston’s private schools have the space to take students on vouchers? Some say yes.
As details are sorted out in the voucher bill expected to go before the Texas ... top schools are at capacity, Blumberg said she has seen independent education balloon in the area in recent ...
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Texas House education panel advances school voucher, funding bills
A Senate bill that would create a $1 billion school voucher program is set for an expected heated debate on the Texas House floor ... become a hot-button issue in recent years and has pitted ...
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Texas' $1B voucher plan has a Christian focus. Here's why Muslim, Jewish schools could also benefit
Passing school vouchers wouldn’t just deliver a major victory to the Christian private schools that Gov. Greg Abbott has visited in his years-long push for the policy. The leaders of the state ...