Capitol Ideas Reports:

A Bill That Would Allow some parents to use taxpayer-funded vouchers to send their children to the school of their choice has cleared its first legislative hurdle, but if Tuesday’s vote by a state Senate panel was any indication, a protracted and emotional fight yet remains…

…The bill heads next to the chamber’s Appropriations Committee, which will be tasked with determining its cost to the public, which some have said could eventually approach as much as $1 billion.