Texas school choice voucher debate continues

Southeast Texas educators push back as school voucher debate heats up
News spoke with Little Cypress-Mauriceville Superintendent Stacey Brister, who is traveling to Austin to represent educators opposing the bill.
'Welfare for the wealthy': House Democrats urge Texans to fight against school vouchers
The school vouchers proposal currently on the table would provide up to $11,500 in public money annually to Texas students who attend private schools.
The easy half is over for ‘school choice' vouchers in the Texas capitol
The easy part is over. The Texas House will next take up "school choice" vouchers, an emergency item for Gov. Greg Abbott.
Parents raise concerns over Texas' school voucher bill
The bill was passed in the Texas Senate earlier this week. It would use taxpayer money to help families pay for private school.
Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where it was defeated in 2023.
Texas school choice voucher debate continues as bill advances to house
The debate over school choice vouchers in Texas is heating up as Senate Bill 2, which proposes an education savings account program, moves to the
School voucher bill to be tested in Texas house
School voucher bill to be tested in Texas house
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Texas Senate convenes with Gov. Abbott still fighting for school vouchers
Shortly after, Gov. Greg Abbott reminded senators of the importance of their duties over the next 140 days, with passing a school voucher proposal still a top priority. Vouchers would allow ...
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The debate over school vouchers will return to the Legislature with perhaps less GOP infighting
One of the biggest issues heading into this year’s Legislative session was also a major talking point in 2023 — private school vouchers. Despite an additional four special sessions in 2023 ...
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Abbott to promote school vouchers in weekend speech
The fight over school vouchers also hints at intraparty feuding among Texas Republicans with some in the GOP pushing for infusing more religion and prayer into schools, restricting the ...
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What Our Schools Actually Need
The list goes on. Yet as the 2025 Texas Legislature gets underway, elected officials are mostly fixated on a fight over school vouchers, which have long been unpopular in the state. (Bills ...
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Former San Antonio teacher, Texas rep fights against school vouchers
Former San Antonio teacher and Texas Representative James Talarico has strongly advocated against school vouchers in the state, calling it "welfare for the wealthy." Talarico's comments come as ...
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How a school voucher program in Texas could affect policies across US: It'd 'be a big deal'
Abbott's school voucher election fight over the fall was largely funded by Jeffrey Yass, a Pennsylvania billionaire and leading advocate for school choice issues. Patrick J. Wolf, a ...
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Special interests are pushing school vouchers in Tennessee. We must fight back. | Opinion
This bill will still leave private schools in charge of deciding which students they admit, and the state’s own analysis concedes that two thirds of the vouchers ... Sam Whitson Over the past ...