School choice, border, affordability among priorities in upcoming legislative session

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- In two weeks the Texas Legislature will be back in session in Austin to deliberate on thousands of bills -- a historic amount -- that have already been pre-filed. Historically only about 15% of bills filed at the Texas Capitol are actually passed, meaning lawmakers will have to prioritize what they want to get done.

State Republicans, who will hold a healthy majority in both chambers of the Capitol, have made it clear one of the top priorities this session will be school choice.