Forget school fees: Here’s how I’m spending my ‘bank of nan and pop’
There’s no chance this grandma will bankroll the cost of private school fees, but I will take them on holiday.
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Item that clinched ‘historic’ schools deal
The pre-budget agreement will support the state’s 560,000 public school students and will boost federal funding ... While the ...
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The lights are back on in Cuba after two-day blackout
Cuba has reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth: Is ozone layer at risk?
The LEO satellites usually orbit between 550 and 1,200 km above the Earth. Once their operational period comes to an end, they are decommissioned and allowed to fall back on Earth. This mechanism has ...
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Controversial education bill hits Texas House — What parents should know
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers debated a proposed school voucher program in a public hearing Tuesday as part of the 89th Texas Legislative Session. The hearing, held at the State Capitol ...
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These East Tennessee schools plan to participate in state's school voucher program
The Associated Press also said students living in the country illegally will not be allowed to participate in the universal school voucher program. Families who apply for the scholarships will ...
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Debate on House’s school voucher bill centers on a question: Should wealthy Texans be included?
During a hearing Tuesday, lawmakers sparred over whether wealthier Texans should be allowed to participate in the Texas House's proposed school voucher program. (Laura Skelding For The Texas ...
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Georgia House approves budget with cuts to school voucher program lawmakers say reflect its need
On Monday, the subcommittee chairman presented their budget asks. The budget decision would drastically decrease the number of available $6,500 school vouchers from more than 20,000 to less than 7,000 ...
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Congressional panel debates the future of school choice programs, vouchers
The umbrella term “school choice” centers on programs that offer alternatives to one’s assigned public school and includes private school vouchers. Parents can use ... choice programs during his first ...
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Texas GOP lawmaker refuses to say school vouchers should be off limits to richest families
The Texas House Committee on Public Education's hearing on school vouchers got off to a rocky start Tuesday after its chairman refused to rule out state tax dollars being used to fund private ...
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Committee leaves ‘school choice’ bill as pending, did not vote to send legislation to Texas House
or school vouchers by opponents. Passage in the Texas House remains the last major obstacle for ESA legislation, a legislative priority for Gov. Greg Abbott. More than 300 people signed up to give ...
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WATCH: Texas House public education committee holds hearing on school vouchers
The committee listened to invited and public testimony regarding the education savings account program, otherwise known as school vouchers. Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott ...