The leader of the Texas Senate revealed his top 25 priorities for the legislative session and said more will come.

Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), would create an "Education Savings Account" (ESA) program that would allow Texas families to use public tax dollars to help pay for private education.

The House and Senate are aligning on priorities, meaning school choice, teacher raises, and property tax cuts could be on the table this session, a political science professor told ABC13.

Budget estimates released Tuesday showed the cost of the Texas Senate's " school choice" bill would nearly quadruple in four years.

The Senate education committee will hear public testimony on Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts.

The envy of every school choice state” is how a bill author teased legislation designed to bring school choice to the Lone Star State. The night before Senate Bill 2 was posted, Sen. Brandon Creighton told a group of local Republican party donors in Austin that the bill answers many objections opponents and skeptics had

The Texas House and Senate are both seeking $1 billion for school choice this year, according to budget proposals shared Wednesday.

House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1, Jan. 22. The proposals include billions of dollars for border security, property tax cuts, public school funding, water infrastructure and private school vouchers.

Neither Bridges nor Nagore has met new local state representatives Trey Wharton and Paul Dyson. Bridges said he intends to watch some of the session online when time allows. His hope for the session is that the Legislature will remember the state’s private and parochial schools.

Senate Bill 2 starts a new debate on a school voucher program in Texas. A funding proposal would allow up to 100,000 K-12 students who want to enroll to a private school to participate.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his Senate priorities for the 89th legislative session. Of his 40 priority bills, the 25 he laid out in his announcement include school choice,