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Texas House committee holds marathon hearing on school voucher bill

A Texas House committee's public hearing on a controversial school voucher bill continued into the early morning hours Wednesday. Lawmakers and residents voiced strong opinions on both sides. The House Public Education Committee began the hearing at 8 a.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touts a new ally in his school voucher push

As state House members began debating a school voucher plan on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott appeared more optimistic than ever that his signature legislation would finally pass the chamber where it has died repeatedly.

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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 Gov. Greg Abbott last year to help unseat incumbent Republican lawmakers who stood against a "school choice" proposal in 2023.

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‘It sends chills down my spine.’ Why some North TX Republicans are against school vouchers

Hollie Plemons took her seat before a panel of lawmakers in Austin to make her conservative case against school vouchers.

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Data shows tuition costs at private schools in San Antonio, Bexar County amid Texas school voucher debate

The proposed legislation aims to establish Education Savings Accounts, sparking debate over tuition coverage and equity in Texas' educational landscape.

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Greg Abbott cites debunked claim that public schools catered to ‘furries’ in latest voucher push

The governor's remarks seemed to call back unfounded rumors that public schools across the country were catering to students ...

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Texas lawmakers and charter leaders push back on the $870K paid to Valere schools’ superintendent

The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...

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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all, but goals might be at odds

Neither of the Legislature's voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block ...

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Texas House Speaker Burrows says he will vote for school choice as Democrats fight to kill the bill

The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would allow up to 100,000 students in Texas to attend private schools.

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Dallas teachers to rally against vouchers at Texas Capitol

NEA-Dallas plans to bus a group of educators to the Texas Capitol to join hundreds of others in rallying against school ...

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Vouchers aren’t pushing Fort Worth ISD to close schools, leaders say. Here’s what is

A multitude of factors are pushing Fort Worth ISD to close schools. None are related to the Texas Legislature’s proposal for ...

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