Roughly 30% of voucher recipients previously attended public schools. When those students leave their districts for private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a Parent Empowerment Night on, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Athens Christian Preparatory Academy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Greg Abbott makes his way to center stage to speak on the north steps of the State Capitol to supporters at a Texas Public ...

Marissa Gonzalez was one of the first parents in Texas to receive funding from the state's $1 billion private school voucher program. Her two children have dyslexia, and their family income is below ...

Texas has funded school vouchers for over 85,000 students in the program's first year. The state received nearly 274,000 applications, leaving more than 121,000 eligible students on a waitlist.

Texas’ school voucher-like program boasts a lengthy list of vendors, running the gamut from arts and craft suppliers, to music instructors, to physical therapists. Now, Texas public schools want in.

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is asking state legislators to double the private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students are still on the wait list for vouchers, also known as ...

One of the biggest selling points of Texas’ new private school voucher program was that it would support students with disabilities, offering up to $30,000 in state-funded accounts for tuition and ...

Governor Greg Abbott signs SB2 authorizing educational savings accounts (ESA’s) helping parents pay private school tuition for their children during a ceremony at the Texas Governor’s Mansion on May 3 ...

Shundelon Ross hoped the seventh school would be the one to work. Her son wandered the hallways, clutching his favorite stuffed animal. He threw high fives to the employees. He stared, mesmerized, at ...

The state has released the first in-depth look at the more than 85,000 students participating in Texas’ voucher program, shedding light on who will benefit from the state’s new $1 billion initiative.