Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block the neediest children from access.
If the author and all co-authors vote for House Bill 3, it would pass the lower chamber. The controversial program, also called school choice, would use public money to pay for children’s private school tuition.
“The Senate version of this voucher bill and the House version of the voucher bill look very, very different. So, anybody that’s saying this is a done deal is either lying or doesn’t know what they’re talking about,” the Democrat told us on Inside Texas Politics.
The first application period for the Georgia Promise Scholarship opened over the weekend and students at hundreds of schools across the state are considered eligible.
Texas House lawmakers filed a sweep of education-related legislation Thursday including a school voucher proposal and a funding bill that would invest $8 billion in public education. The bills are ...
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The General Assembly’s two chambers have each passed their own version of an educational scholarship account bill that would allow families to use state money for private schools. The different proposals means lawmakers appear to be headed to a conference committee to work out the differences.
Lawmakers from both houses in the Wyoming Legislature successfully negotiated a universal school voucher bill Thursday morning, securing eligibility for pre-kindergarten schools.
Members of the House Democratic Caucus announced a plan to repeal the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act on Monday.
Parents who have lost children to fentanyl are calling on Democrats to swiftly pass the bipartisan HALT Act, arguing that continued reluctance will hamstring law enforcement and preventing meaningful action to hinder the nation's opioid epidemic.
Texas’ Republican leaders have said the Legislature will take another stab at creating education savings accounts, a type of school voucher program, after previous attempts repeatedly failed two ...