From a national lens, Huerta, who researches school choice across the U.S., doesn't consider the change of heart in Texas to be a "watershed moment" for popularity in the school choice movement ...

Parents with pre-K students are eligible to receive funds in the new education savings account program, marking an expansion ...

The exterior of the Texas Capitol seen from Congress Avenue in Austin on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN – Though passage of a “school choice” bill is all ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named school choice a top priority in the 2023 legislative session. Both the Senate and House introduced bills that would create education savings accounts for students to ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls passing of school choice bill an "extraordinary victory" 02:14 After nearly 11 hours of debate, the Texas House approved early Thursday a controversial bill that would ...

Texas House Speaker confident in school choice bill passage 02:57. This week, for the first time, the new Speaker of the Texas House, Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said school choice will pass.

Under the leadership of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 2. Under its provisions, Texas would ...

Following Idaho, Indiana, Tennessee, and Wyoming this year, Texas is now the 16th state to enact a “universal” education choice policy for which every K-12 student is eligible. It’s also a ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz wants to take Texas' school school choice playbook national, pitching a bill to funnel federal tax dollars to private and alternative schooling. Cruz's Universal School Choice ...

And in one state in particular — Texas — the 2024 elections may have enabled Republicans to pass school choice, which has become a key part of the GOP platform on education. Republicans have ...