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A funding boost to the tune of $8.5 billion would usually be a cause for widespread celebration among Texas public schools.
A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback Friday when the Senate ...
Texas families will soon be able to receive roughly $10,000 to send their kids to private school. That'll cover tuition at just over half of local private schools.
During his full-throttle push to pass private school vouchers this legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly claimed that funding for public schools 'is at an all-time high.' A TPR fact ...
The analysis and conversations with experts revealed that both claims use numbers, math and averages that distort the actual impact felt by most public schools in Texas. The numbers ignore rising ...
When Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ billion-dollar school voucher plan into law this month, he said the program would immediately become one of the biggest in the nation.
Funding impacts School choice programs can affect public school funding. Critics, such as the Economic Policy Institute, argue that moving students to vouchers or ESAs can reduce a public school's ...
Texas' new school voucher program is set to launch at the start of the 2026–27 school year. While the exact application window has not yet been announced, the state comptroller—who is ...
Most families can participate, including some of the wealthiest Texans Almost any school-age child in Texas can apply for and participate in the voucher program, including students already ...
Families in Texas are now among a growing number of states who can use public funds to pay for a nonpublic education, including private schools and homeschooling. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ...
Texas Gov. Abbott signs school vouchers into law. What we know about the school choice bill Kayla Jimenez USA TODAY 0:05 ...
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 ...