Apr 17, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, Vouchers & School Choice
After many of hours of debate and numerous attempts to amend the bill, the Texas House passed SB 2, the Senate’s Education Savings Account (ESA) bill, with a vote of 85 to 63 shortly after 2 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (A link to the record vote is...
Apr 3, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance, Vouchers & School Choice
On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the House Public Education Committee held a formal meeting after the House adjourned to vote out several bills of importance, including House committee substitute bills for HB 2 (Buckley) that passed on a vote of 13-2, SB 2 (Creighton) that...
Apr 1, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance, Vouchers & School Choice
The House Public Education Committee has postponed its formal meeting, which had the committee scheduled to meet at 8 a.m., Tuesday, April 1, to vote out the House school finance plan (HB 2) and the Senate ESA bill (SB 2). Both bills had previously been heard in...
Mar 12, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, Vouchers & School Choice
The House Public Education Committee met March 11-12, 2025, to hear public testimony on HB 3, which creates a $1 billion Education Savings Account (ESA) program to be administered and regulated by the Texas Comptroller’s Office beginning with the 2026-27 school year....
Feb 24, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, Vouchers & School Choice
HB 3, as filed by House Public Education Committee Chair Brad Buckley, creates a $1 billion Education Savings Account (ESA) program to be administered and regulated by the Texas Comptroller’s Office beginning with the 2026-27 school year. Lottery System On...
Feb 19, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance, School Safety, Teacher Compensation, Vouchers & School Choice
(Mouse over the above slideshow and then click on the arrows to flip through photos from the event.) Several hundred school board members and school administrators participated in the TASA/TASB Legislative Conference February 18, 2025, at the Downright Austin Hotel....
