by Joey Bennett | Apr 19, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Passes Vouchers, School Finance Bills The Texas House yesterday passed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), a $1 billion school voucher investment that would create education savings accounts (ESAs) for families...
by Joey Bennett | Apr 11, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: House Rejects Motion to Remove Speaker A very misguided and poorly strategized motion to remove Speaker Dustin Burrows was soundly defeated by a vote of 141-2 on Wednesday on the House floor. The effort was...
by Joey Bennett | Apr 4, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: School Voucher Bill Passes Committee The Texas House Public Education Committee on Thursday advanced a bill that sets up education savings accounts (ESA) – vouchers — that will now head to the full House...
by Joey Bennett | Mar 28, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Senate Passes State Budget The Texas Senate passed their version of a $336 billion spending plan for the next two years that would boost teacher pay, establish a school voucher program, and cut property taxes,...
by Joey Bennett | Mar 21, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Bill Filing Deadline Last Friday – the 60th day of the session — was the last day members of the House and Senate could file bills for the session. Anything filed now would take a 4/5ths approval from...
