A deal on a sweeping plan to pump $8.5 billion to Texas public schools has been struck. A compromise between the Texas House ...

The money would come from state tax dollars, with lawmakers proposing to allocate $1 billion from Texas' budget surplus for the program. Backed primarily by Republicans and championed by Gov.

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 is now the largest state with a school voucher program, and soon it's likely to spend more on school vouchers than any other state. But as the Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey reports ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, a major victory for school voucher ...

The three Texas leaders appeared with former Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey along with a dozen Republican lawmakers. Arizona was the first state in the U.S. to pass a universal program ...

Texas is set to become the largest state to adopt a publicly funded school-choice program, marking a major revamp of its educational system and fulfilling one of Governor Greg Abbott’s top goals.

The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning. By Dana Goldstein and J.