Texas GOP lawmakers exit the 2025 legislative session having taken care of their top two education priorities: private school vouchers and funding for public schools.

Staff writers Philip Jankowski, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Nolan McCaskill and Aaron Torres contributed to this report.

This bill allocates $3 billion toward creating the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain conditions. The funding mechanism for SB 5 is through Senate Joint Resolution 3, which the Legislature approved and which puts the issue before voters.