4 days ago · 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. All Democratic senators ...

1 day ago · Under Senate Bill 2, families could receive $10,000 a year per student in public taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s tuition at an accredited private school and other expenses like ...

6 days ago · Under Senate Bill 2, families could receive $10,000 a year per student in public taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s tuition at an accredited private school and other expenses like ...

5 days ago · Senate lawmakers approved an amended version of Senate Bill 2 Wednesday evening. Lawmakers started a new session after the vote and moved to a third reading. The bill cleared the Senate and will ...

5 days ago · The vote on Senate Bill 2 also comes less than a week since the Texas Senate Education Committee quickly moved the bill forward. SB 2 now heads to the Texas House for consideration. Texas “deserves to have the biggest launch” of any school choice program in the nation, said bill sponsor Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) speaking from the ...

5 days ago · 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 ...

5 days ago · Lawmakers approved a number of amendments to Senate Bill 2. "The Texas Senate's passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, with $1 billion in ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Austin, Texas – Today, Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) proudly joins Chairman Brandon Creighton, author of SB2 and fellow Republican members of the Senate Education Committee in supporting Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, marking a historic step forward in providing universal school choice to all Texas families.

Jul 12, 2023 · Senate Bill 2 contains: Increase Texas homestead exemption to $100k on 5.72 million Texas homeowner’s ISD property tax bills, effective on this year’s property tax bill. $7 billion worth of MCR compression of ISD M&O property tax rate cuts of 23.8% on 10.7 cents.

6 days ago · SB 2 is a universal school choice bill, with a strong focus on special needs students and students in failing schools. “The Texas Senate’s passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, …