After successful campaigns for House allies, the governor is in a position to set an ambitious course for the legislative session.
A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school in 2027.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his Senate priorities for the 89th legislative session. Of his 40 priority bills, the 25 he laid out in his announcement include school choice, investing in water supply,
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveiled a list of his top 25 legislative priorities, including banning drag queens, THC and the spread of communism.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top three priorities behind the budget are school couchers, a THC ban, and homestead exemptions.
None of this should be sacrificed at Christopher Rufo’s altar. A&M has a cultural legacy that Hillsdale or the New College of Florida did not and do not. Trying to drag Aggieland into broader squabbles would just ruin what makes A&M great. The anti-woke hoopla is (still) so unnecessary.
The Marvin Nichols Reservoir has weighed on minds of potentially displaced Northeast Texans for decades, and now with the start of the 89th Legislature, it appears to be in state
Senate Bill 2 would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money to give some parents $10,000 vouchers to spend at private schools.
School choice is one step closer to becoming a reality in the State of Texas despite public school officials’ disapproval. The Texas Senate Education Committee is allowing the school voucher legislation to go up for a floor vote in the coming days.
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping education orders could embolden Texas efforts to reshape the way millions of children learn and educators teach,