A private school voucher program, Gov. Greg Abbott's top priority of this year's legislative session, is inching closer to passage, but opponents haven't given up the fight. Why it matters: Public school advocates warn that vouchers could harm public schools,

Texas lawmakers want to give special education students larger vouchers. What if private schools run out of space or refuse to take them?

Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block the neediest children from access.