5 days ago · Senate Bill 2 — the voucher proposal sometimes called "school choice" or education savings accounts — was quickly approved Tuesday evening by the committee, which advanced it for consideration ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Austin, Texas – Today, Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) proudly joins Chairman Brandon Creighton, author of SB2 and fellow Republican members of the Senate Education Committee in supporting Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, marking a historic step forward in providing universal school choice to all Texas families. "An old saying is iron sharpens iron, so shall school choice ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Senate Bill 2 starts a new debate on a school voucher program in Texas. A funding proposal would allow up to 100,000 K-12 students who want to enroll to a private school to participate.

A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students statewide to attend private school in 2027, the first year the program will take effect.

6 days ago · The Brief. The Texas Senate's Education Committee heard from a panel of pro-voucher advocates and a mixed public comment time. Senate Bill 2 would set up savings accounts that allow parents to pay ...

Feb 12, 2024 · The passage of Senate Bill 2 and the associated approval of a constitutional amendment in November’s election offers three significant areas of tax relief for Texas residents. Texas will dip into its budget surplus of $18 billion and “buy down” the rate of every school district in the state by $0.107.

6 days ago · AUSTIN, Texas — On Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Senate K-12 Education Committee listened to hours of public testimony on a proposed "school choice," or voucher, bill. Senate Bill 2, authored by ...

Jan 24, 2025 · What the voucher-like program in Senate Bill 2 entails. All Texas students would be eligible for ESAs under SB 2, regardless of whether they are currently enrolled in public school or private school or being homeschooled. According to the legislation, if applications exceed the program’s capacity, 80% of the spots would be filled by a lottery ...

6 days ago · EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Legislature is going to debate Senate Bill 2, an education bill that could allocate $1 billion in taxpayer money to fund school vouchers.

Jan 31, 2024 · Senate Bill 2, also known as the Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act of 2019, was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2019. At its most fundamental level, S.B. 2 reforms the system of property taxation in three primary ways: (1) lowering the tax rate a …