Texas Senate committee revises school funding bill in last-minute bid to implement voucher program

A drastically different version of a school funding bill that’s being used as a last-ditch effort to enact a voucher-like program in Texas was approved by the Senate’s education committee Monday and could get a vote in the full chamber later this week. The committee, led by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, voted 9-3 along party lines to advance its version of House Bill 100.