AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House Public Education Committee is set to review new revisions to the school choice bill, which includes a proposed $1 billion spending cap for the first two years of the school voucher program. The revisions also suggest …
A bill that advanced in the Alaska Senate on Wednesday would provide a $1,000 per-student boost to the state’s school funding formula. It also would limit class sizes and tie funding for homeschooling to students being assessed through a standardized test …
(CBS News Texas) - Wednesday night in Fort Worth, Pastors for Texas Children spoke out against school voucher programs. “The people who have shown up here represent thousands of people who don’t want our tax dollars subsidizing, affluent private schools,” …
Florida could see a surge in charter schools under a proposal that could make it easier and cheaper for them to operate. A pair of bills that have been advancing the state Legislature would provide three new options for potential charter school growth. — …
Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford speaks out against HB2827, the Homeschool Act, which could charge parents with a misdemeanor if they fail to register their kids in a "homeschool declaration form." An Illinois bill that could drastically change …
Debate is heating up over a proposal in Springfield that would target parents who homeschool their children. It would add new regulations intended to protect kids from falling through the cracks. CHICAGO - Debate is heating up over a proposal in …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A bill that would have required Alabama’s public schools to let students leave campus during the school day for religious instruction failed in committee Wednesday, in a 9-4 vote, with two lawmakers abstaining. Lawmakers on both sides of …
A proposed bill would allow students in Nevada to choose which school they attend, regardless of their ZIP code. Assembly Bill 533, sponsored by Education Committee Chair Selena Torres-Fossett, D-Las Vegas, would allow students to apply for schools outside …
Happy Thursday. It's the final legislative day of Week 12, which means the General Assembly has exactly one more month to go (which translates roughly to 15 or so official days, minus days off) until the final day of the session, sine die, on May 8. …
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