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Homeschoolers are eligible for $2,000 a year in private school vouchers. The Texas program rolls out in the 2026-27 school year.
Private school vouchers are now law in Texas. Here’s how they will work. Texas will give participating families about $10,000 to pay for their kids’ private schooling.
From left: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott, former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speak about school vouchers during a press conference on March 25 ...
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These programs include education savings accounts, charter schools and vouchers specifically for private schools. School choice existed in Texas before the passage of this latest bill through ...
Texas is now the largest state with a school voucher program, and soon it's likely to spend more on school vouchers than any other state. But as the Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey reports ...
Texas will spend $1 billion on vouchers in the first two years, but costs could skyrocket. The state can spend no more than $1 billion on the program during the state’s next two-year budget ...
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday signed legislation authorizing a private school voucher program into law, marking the grand finale of an ...
Private school vouchers are now law in Texas. Here’s how they will work. The program will be one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the nation. By The Texas Tribune May 3, 2025.
The law will go into effect on Sept. 1, with the program expected to launch in late 2026. The law’s passage follows years of discord in the Legislature over school vouchers.
Texas will give participating families about $10,000 to pay for their kids’ private schooling. Other details about the program, set to launch in 2026, are unclear.
Here’s a breakdown of how the program will work. What we know about Texas’ school voucher program. Families can receive about $10,000 to send their children to private school on taxpayers’ dime ...