Education News Texas school voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families but also be open to all students. Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept ...

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law, all but concluding an ugly intraparty ...

There are more than a half million homeschoolers in Texas, who some experts say could make up the bulk of the $1B program.

Different pace and priorities separate Texas Senate and House on school vouchers. ... which includes any four-person household earning less than roughly $156,000, according to 2024 statistics ...

Texas public school districts have an estimated $1.7 billion funding gap for education for students with disabilities, and evaluations, which reportedly cost between $1,000 and $2,500 to complete ...

Texas’ Republican leaders have said the Legislature will take another stab at creating education savings accounts, a type of school voucher program, after previous attempts repeatedly failed two ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, a major victory for school voucher ...

A school voucher bill could impact more than ... 500,000 and 620,000 homeschooled students in Texas. However, based on school voucher numbers ... Center for Education Statistics.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday signed legislation authorizing a private school voucher program into law, marking the grand finale of an oftentimes ugly conflict that has largely defined Texas ...

While national measures of public-school performance are limited, those that do exist tend to put Texas in the middle of the pack. In 2022, the state’s eighth graders scored around the national ...

Texas' new school voucher program is set to launch at the start of the 2026–27 school year. The program is set to launch next year. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content.