Legislation to create an education savings account program that would cost an initial $1 billion and serve nearly 100,000 students advanced out of a committee.

Neither Bridges nor Nagore has met new local state representatives Trey Wharton and Paul Dyson. Bridges said he intends to ...

A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...

The Texas Senate Education Committee advanced a controversial school voucher bill, SB-2, for a full Senate vote.

The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the ...

Late Tuesday night the Texas Education Committee voted to advance State Bill 2 with a 9-2 Republican majority pushing the ...

Legislation advances after a budget analysis estimates the cost of the voucher-style program will nearly quadruple in 4 years ...

Under the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate cannot pass legislation during the first 60 days of a regular session, ...

Budget estimates released Tuesday showed the cost of the Texas Senate's " school choice" bill would nearly quadruple in four years.

Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), would create an "Education Savings Account" (ESA) program that ...

"The die has been cast. That fact is it's gonna pass," Sen. Royce West said during a Tuesday committee hearing. "The question ...