From drag queens to school vouchers, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lays out Texas Senate priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 Texas Senate priority bills, outlining several hot-topic issues he says ...
Texas Lt. Gov. announces top 40 senate bills for legislative session
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who serves as president of the Texas Senate, announced 25 of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th ...
Texas Senate committee quickly ushers school voucher bill, full chamber consideration next
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...
Texas Senate school voucher plan gives students $10k to pay for private education
The proposal, a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott, budgets $1 billion over the next two years to fund the private school vouchers.
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Texas school voucher proposal quickly clears first hurdle of the legislative session
A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...
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Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school
Senate Bill ... that not all Texas Republicans “are on the same page” when it comes to vouchers or some other issues. “Folks can agree on a general topic, but have a hard time reaching ...
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Texas Senate proposes extensive school voucher-like program with $1 billion price tag
Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), chair of the Senate Education Committee. "It's time for Texas to join the 32 other states that already empower parents and students with greater educational freedom." ...
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Texas Senate’s school voucher proposal would give families $10K to fund private school
School choice is a high-priority issue for Texas Republican leaders, and lawmakers in the Senate filed their formal proposal in the Senate Friday morning. The upper chamber's proposal, Senate Bill ...
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Texas Senate school voucher proposal would give students $10,000 for private schooling
Two days after the Texas Senate pledged $1 billion for a school voucher program, Sen. Brandon Creighton unveiled legislation that would offer $10,000 for most children who enroll in private school ...
Republican-controlled Texas House and Senate to debate prayer in schools
State Rep. David Spiller, a Republican in Jacksboro, wants all public schools in Texas to have designated prayer and Bible ...
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New Texas Speaker Aims To Enact Long-Sought Conservative Policy Goals
Speaker Dustin Burrows’ (R-Lubbock) bid for the top post in the Texas House of Representatives proved successful on Jan. 14, the first day of the legislature ... this time around is that ...