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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 ...
Abbott asserts Legislature will pass school vouchers but keeps making sales pitch to Texans
The Texas House Public Education Committee is expected to pass the lower chamber's version of a school voucher bill next week ...
Amarillo Globe-News on MSN2dOpinion
Letter to the Editor: School vouchers are not good for District 87 in Texas
Creating two systems seems very unconservative to me. However, I speak today about the effects that vouchers will have on ...
Texas speaker says House has more than enough votes to pass school vouchers
Dustin Burrows said the legislation would clear a committee early next week and be on the House floor “very soon thereafter — ...
'Welfare for the wealthy': Rep. James Talarico blasts Texas school vouchers program
School vouchers are a hot topic at the Texas Capitol, but Christian Democrat James Talarico has strong words for fellow ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN8d
Different pace and priorities separate Texas Senate and House on school vouchers
The gaps over eligibility and on spending levels are narrower than the fundamental differences of the previous session.
Texas educators band together to challenge school vouchers, faculty 'censorship'
Texas professors and teachers' unions met with lawmakers Monday to say why they oppose school vouchers and limits on faculty ...
Top Texas Republicans push for private school vouchers as opponents fear impact on public schools
The bill has faced widespread pushback from advocates for public schools. One hundred fifty-eight out of Texas’s 254 counties ...
Pastors for Texas Children holds call to action against school vouchers ahead of committee vote
The education savings account or school voucher bill is stalled in committee in the Texas House. But it could be up for a ...
TX Sen. Ted Cruz responds to GOP opposition, calls school vouchers a ‘civil rights issue’
We’re on the verge of the the “biggest and most consequential school choice program in the entire country,” the U.S. senator ...
House committee members clash over details of proposed Texas school voucher bill
Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the past couple of years has driven a wedge in the Republican Party and prompted ...