The controversial legislation creates Education Savings Accounts, which will allow Texas parents to use public funds toward private education costs.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to sign the $1 billion school choice measure, Senate Bill 2, which establishes Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) for private education costs. Many Texas Republican lawmakers will attend the ceremony.

Abbott tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn turned legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.