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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A voucher plan offering families public money to send their children to private and religious schools is headed to the full Texas Senate.

Sen. Larry Taylor's bill would create state-subsidized education saving accounts for parents while offering tax credits to businesses that sponsor private schooling via donations.

The issue has long roiled the Legislature, with the Republican-led Senate backing so-called "school choice" but such plans stalling in the GOP-controlled House. There, many lawmakers worry about harming public schools that are the lifeblood of the small communi...