As the media focuses on Washington, D.C., state legislatures move measures to expand private school voucher programs, taking away dollars from neighborhood public schools.

The proposed law, which now awaits Gov. Brad Little’s signature, would direct $50 million to students who do not attend public schools.

Public school advocates oppose any plan resembling school vouchers saying such programs drain resources from the campuses that educate more than 5 million children in Texas. Supporters of ESAs say families should get state funding for the educational settings that best fit their needs.

Gov. Greg Abbott has already held dozens of rallies around the state trying to build momentum for a school voucher program, which would allow parents to use tax dollars to partially pay for private school tuition.

The vouchers were called CEO Horizon Scholarships, operated by the Children’s Educational Opportunity Foundation. The organization gave students living in Edgewood ISD up to $6,500 to attend other schools, mostly private. Alamo Heights ISD was the only public school district that agreed to accept the vouchers.

Gov. Bill Lee will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that will allow families to use taxpayer dollars on private school expenses rega

Less than a year after rolling out Utah’s largest school voucher program, lawmakers are proposing new restrictions on how families can spend their $8,000 taxpayer-funded scholarships.

ATLANTA (AP) — Two months of recalculating made little difference in a list of Georgia’s lowest performing schools, meaning more than 400,000 students will have a chance to apply for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses.