Lawmakers debated the kinds of funding that is most useful for public schools in a marathon House Committee on Public Education hearing.
The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.
President Trump's administration reportedly prepares an order that will dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
Approved 30-1, legislation creating a dementia research institute funded with $3 billion in state money next goes to the Texas House.