Alvin ISD’s Operation Backpack has launched again this year, offering school supply vouchers to students in need throughout ...

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

The measure would create a national program funding private school tuition through tax credits, though states would have to ...

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback when the Senate parliamentarian said ...

Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) was signed into law earlier this year. It allocates one billion dollars to help Texas families afford ...

Republicans say the bill, which includes a number of specific provisions pushed by Texas’ Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, will drive ...

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback Friday when the Senate ...

Almost 900 people filled the conference center at Tyler's Holiday Inn on Sunday for a town hall with former U.S. Rep. Beto ...

Gov. Greg Abbott called a July 21 special session to revisit vetoed bills, including the hotly contested ban on hemp products ...

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