The Texas House filed its priority bill on private school vouchers on Thursday.
Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student from the state and local sources.
A Texas appeals court upheld an injunction stopping Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing new reporting rules on large-county prosecutors, ruling state law does not grant him authority to impose blanket requirements.
Texas will have more than 30 new laws on the books come New Year's Day, touching on everything from artificial intelligence regulation to property tax exemptions.