Texas House votes to put major roadblock in front of Gov. Greg Abbott's prized school voucher bill

Gov. Greg Abbott's prized school voucher bill could be dead on arrival after the Texas House voted Thursday to approve a measure that would ban state money from being spent on public education. Although the Texas Senate passed the bill Thursday on a partisan 18-13 vote, the House on the same day adopted a budget amendment proposed Rep. Abel Herrero, D-Robstown, that would essentially defund the proposal. Senate Bill 8, also known as Texas School Voucher Bill, would grant $8,000 per student to parents who pull their kids out of public schools.