Texas lawmakers approve $1B in taxpayer-funded private school vouchers in a milestone for school choice supporters

Gov. Abbott signs $1B education savings account bill; program to launch in 2026

Most participating students will receive approximately $10,330 to pay for private school tuition and other expenses under the program, the first of its kind in Texas. Twenty-nine other states have programs that use public funds for private education.

Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating Education Savings Accounts program in Texas

Gov. Abbott signed the Education Savings Accounts bill at the Governor's Mansion on Saturday.

State of Texas: Senate sends education savings account bill to Governor Abbott

AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Legislation to let Texas parents to use public dollars to help pay for private education has been sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas Senate voted 19-12 Thursday to agree to changes made by the Texas House on Senate Bill 2. The vote sends the bill to create a $1 billion education savings account program to the governor's desk to be signed into law. State Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, authored SB 2, after carrying similar l…

This Week in Texas: ABC13 sits down with Sen. Ted Cruz about school choice and why he got involved

In a brand-new episode of This Week In Texas, ABC13 sits down with Senator Ted Cruz to talk about school choice and why he got involved in the issue.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes a Powerful Argument for School Choice

During oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson unintentionally made a practical and convincing case for universal school choice. A few years back, the Montgomery County, Maryland, school board instituted an “LGBTQ-inclusive” curriculum that included storybooks for kids as young as prekindergarten. The books are ostensibly part of the English curriculum because, apparently, they feature words a…

East Texas districts react to senate's approval of school choice bill

LINDALE, Texas (KETK)- In a historic move for Texas, the $1 billion school choice bill, SB 2, was approved recently. The decision left some of East Texas districts such as Lindale Independent School District, disappointed. "They call it school choice, but it's really not school choice, it's a voucher to give money, most of the money, whatever it ends up being, 60, 70, 80% or higher, to students already in private school," Lindale ISD superintend…