Republican state leaders are confident that this is the year Texas passes a robust school-choice program that would allow public dollars to be spent on private schools. They’ve spent tremendous political capital garnering support for voucherlike education savings accounts,

Conservatives can be found on both sides of the school voucher debate, and Governor Greg Abbott’s dream of a Texas school voucher program is caught between them.

AUSTIN, Texas − As tensions rise over a GOP-led effort to create a private school voucher-like program in Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott addressed critics of his chief policy goal Wednesday in front of a gathering of grassroots conservatives in Austin.

Governor Greg Abbott continues to push state lawmakers to pass school choice legislation, tax reform, and to do more on the border.