The 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.

Under the proposed changes in one bill, Texas' school voucher program would be capped at $1 billion for the first two years.

The potential changes were unveiled Monday when the committee released two rewritten versions of legislation. The committee ...

The Committee on Public Education in the Texas House of Representatives held a hearing on HB 3 on Tuesday afternoon.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...