BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In the early hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed its version of the budget, looking to spend around $337 billion over the ‘26-‘27 biennium. The ...

The approved budget includes money for Education Savings Accounts, border security and property tax relief, while cutting funding for the Texas Lottery.

The Texas House budget spends $4.4 billion more than lawmakers appropriated in 2023 and keeps Operation Lone Star funded for ...

The lower chamber's plan largely aligns with the Senate's proposal and puts billions toward teacher pay, border security, and property tax cuts.

Lawmakers propose addressing antisemitism by requiring schools to use a set definition ... has filed identical legislation in the House. The Texas Tribune partners with Open Campus on higher ...

Among the hundreds of amendments were ones that focused on school vouchers, the attorney general’s office and the Texas ...

A budget amendment from state Rep. John Bryant of Dallas would have zeroed out the $1 billion currently set aside to ...

Governor Abbott addressed a number of topics such school vouchers and property taxes in Texas. Senate bill 2, would create “Education Savings Counts” or ESA’s that would allow families to use taxpayer ...

If it was a persuasive argument, it was lost on the Republican members of the committee. An hour later, they voted to advance ...

A Black homeschooling mother of five and founder of a private school supports ESAs, also known as vouchers, which would give ...

More than half of families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program have children attending a private school or ...