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Conservative state lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills targeting the school finance system, LGBTQ+ students, undocumented immigrant children, and more.

The envy of every school choice state” is how a bill author teased legislation designed to bring school choice to the Lone ...

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third ...

Proponents of school choice in Texas argue it lets students attend schools that fit their specific needs, while critics claim ...

The Texas House and Senate are both seeking $1 billion for school choice this year, according to budget proposals shared ...

Three Tarrant Democrats and three Republicans supported Dustin Burrows, while four Republicans stood behind David Cook.

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Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House ... While promising to again push a bill to enact a school voucher plan that Democrats oppose, Patrick noted that most of the Senate's business ...

I ran on these priorities, and we're getting ready to pass some school choice as well as closing our borders, so the priorities haven't changed. So we're looking forward to it." "Dustin Burrows ...