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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.
“It is absurd for Gov. Abbott and his pro-voucher allies to claim that a diversion of $1 billion in tax funds to private schools over the next budget cycle will not hurt our underfunded public ...
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The measure would create a national program funding private school tuition through tax credits, though states would have to ...
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 ...
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2, more commonly known as the school voucher bill, into law. According to S.B. 2, it will go into effect Sept. 1, 2025, and ...
The passage of the state’s first voucher program means homeschool families in Texas will soon be eligible for up to $2,000 to use toward educational costs such as tutoring or ...
On the contrary, expanding vouchers and eliminating public education will actively harm young people— especially Black, ...
Alvin ISD’s Operation Backpack has launched again this year, offering school supply vouchers to students in need throughout ...
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 ...