The state Senate this week accepted the House's changes to the Senate Bill 2 school voucher proposal, which Abbott is expected to sign in the coming days. "School choice has come to Texas,

Texas lawmakers have passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition.

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law, all but concluding an ugly intraparty battle that has dominated state politics for much of the last two years.