US EditionTexas House committee sends 'consequential' education legislation to House floor
- The Texas House Committee on Public Education passed education bills in Austin, sending them to the full House.
- Speaker Dustin Burrows and others identified expanding school funding and creating Education Savings Accounts as priorities.
- The package includes a $7.7 billion increase in funds and nearly $400 more per student.
- State Rep. Hinojosa stated, "This bill increases the demands on the taxpayer because they have to fund a whole new lane of schools."
- The ESA program is capped at $1 billion, raising concerns about future costs that could balloon to $4 billion.
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House Committee Passes ‘Texas Two Step’ of Vouchers and Public Ed Funding
After hours of intense debate on Thursday, the Texas House Public Education Committee passed altered versions of its marquee education legislation this session: a bill to add $7.7 billion in new funds for the public school system and a $1 billion bill for a private school voucher program. Most Democrats on the GOP-controlled committee voted in favor of House Bill 2, the school funding bill, while acknowledging it still came up short for public …
The Baltimore Sun
Texas House committee advances school choice bill, a first in state history
The Texas House Committee on Public Education has passed a school choice bill for the first time in state history. The committee, chaired by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, passed SB 2, filed by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, which passed the Texas Senate and was sent to the House for consideration. The legislation would create an Education Savings Account program to provide taxpayer-funded subsidies for primarily low-income familie…
What’s happening in Texas is good news for Illinois parents – Wirepoints
Plans for Texas to soon adopt a massive school choice program is good news for Illinois parents. Another state joining the nationwide wave of school choice expansion means Illinois increasingly stands out for its lunacy of having killed off its only school choice program in 2023.
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