2 days ago · February 2, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Press Release. Governor Greg Abbott tonight announced school choice as an emergency item for the 89th Legislative Session during his State of the State address in Austin. Read the Governor’s school choice emergency item. WATCH: Governor Abbott Declares School Choice An Emergency Item

7 hours ago · Abbott highlights school choice in State of the State with Texas Senate set to pass voucher bill. The Senate could pass SB 2, their school choice bill, as soon as this week. ... The other thing that surprised me was the Texas Cyber Command center that he wants to build at the University of Texas in San Antonio. That’ll be really interesting ...

3 hours ago · AUSTIN – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott insisted Monday that he would accept nothing less than a robust, universal school choice voucher program, and he resisted calls to join the plan with blanket ...

21 hours ago · Abbott calls for property tax relief, teacher pay raises, school choice in State of the State 02:48. AUSTIN — In his State of the State address, Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his vision to address ...

5 hours ago · School choice is expected to be one of the most hotly contested items on the table in the 89th Texas Legislature. FOX 7's Rudy Koski talks to supporters and opponents of SB 2 about the bill. The ...

1 day ago · Gov. Greg Abbott called for property tax relief and increasing teacher pay on Sunday while again pressuring Texas lawmakers to approve a measure that would give families public school money for private education. Why it matters: The State of the State speech — given by the governor every legislative session — is seen as a chance for Abbott to set the tone for the session and lay out what ...

After a wave of Texas Republicans dominated the ballot box on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday that he now has enough votes in the Texas House to pass a school...

Oct 24, 2023 · Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging the state Legislature to pass a major new education bill that would provide tax dollars for families who leave public schools for private schooling across his state, which is home to some of the country's largest school districts.

May 29, 2024 · Six out of eight incumbent Republican lawmakers who opposed private school vouchers last year went down to defeat in the GOP primary runoffs. Governor Greg Abbott now claims the next...

4 hours ago · Abbott has prioritized what he calls "school choice" — which, as currently proposed, would provide up to $11,500 in public funding annually to Texas students who attend private schools ...