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Texas House unveils its private school voucher bill
Under House Bill 3, participating families would qualify to receive 85% of the amount public schools receive through state and local funding. The state would distribute the funds through state-managed education savings accounts.
The Texas House and Senate have dueling school voucher bills. Here are the big differences
The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including home-schoolers.
Texas Speaker Burrows says school choice will pass in the House "The votes are there to do this"
Burrows has heard on social media about the need to pass school choice in Texas from some of the biggest names on the planet, including President Trump and Elon Musk. He got the message. "I'm proud to say the votes are there to do this in the Texas House," Burrows said in San Antonio earlier this week at a school choice event.
Texas House wants to give public schools $220 more per student
The proposal, filed Thursday, comes well short of the increase school administrators and education advocates have been asking for.
Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to public school funding
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Texas House Speaker confident in school choice bill passage
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is confident that school choice legislation will pass, citing support from prominent figures and sufficient votes. However, Democratic state Rep. Miheala Plesa remains skeptical,
Overhaul of schools’ STAAR test proposed by Texas House bill
House Bill 4, by State Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, would also expand the Texas Education Agency’s powers to sanction school districts. It would allow the agency to take action against districts with low accountability ratings as well as those that sue the state.
Texas Speaker Burrows promises school choice will pass: ‘Our moment has arrived’
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Thursday that creating a private-school voucher program in Texas is “the defining issue” of the legislative session, reassuring a crowd of conservative supporters gathered in Austin that their long wait for school choice was over.
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The debate over bail reform is intensifying in Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott declaring it an emergency item.
Texas House committee appointments was a long exercise in drama. Here's how we got here.
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Texas DPS Officer’s Association helping Grimes County trooper, family who lost home in house fire
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Man seriously injured in Texas Street house fire, HFD says
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Texas House bill would ban cellphones in schools: 'Kids are facing a mental health crisis'
Lakeway, has filed a bill that would ban student cellphones in Texas schools. House Bill 515 follows a nationwide trend.