Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, shown speaking in the Texas Senate in 2021, is the author of Senate Bill 2, which the chamber passed Monday in a party-line vote.

The passage of Senate Bill 2 and the associated approval of a constitutional amendment in November’s election will offer three significant areas of tax relief for Texas residents.. Texas will ...

What to know about Texas Senate Bill 2. The swift passage of SB 2 by a 19-12 vote comes after Abbott on Sunday identified the "school choice" proposal as an emergency item.

The bill cleared the Texas Senate 19-12. The bill allocates $1 billion that could fund about 100,000 ESAs. Each student would get $10,000, $11,500 if they have a disability and $2,000 for ...

Senate Bill 2 would give Texas families up to $10,000 per student for private school tuition or homeschooling. The House vote could reshape public education policy. Skip Navigation ...

The Texas Senate easily passed a school voucher bill Wednesday night. Senate Bill 2 would allow families to use taxpayer dollars to fund a child's education at an accredited private school. Though ...

The upper chamber's proposal, Senate Bill 2, would provide families with $10,000 per year in taxpayer dollars to help them pay for tuition at an accredited private school.

At the capitol, Texas House Bill 2, which promised to increase public school funding for all public-school districts is now being countered with the senate’s own version of the bill.

But as the clock ticks down, the Texas Senate has yet to act decisively on HB 2, despite having already secured its top legislative priority with the passage and signing of the school choice bill ...

The bill cleared the Texas Senate 19-12. The bill allocates $1 billion that could fund about 100,000 ESAs. Each student would get $10,000, $11,500 if they have a disability and $2,000 for ...

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 ...