Homeschoolers are eligible for $2,000 a year in private school vouchers. The Texas program rolls out in the 2026-27 school ...

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

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

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.

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 ...

Voucher-like programs historically faced a tough road in Texas, with opposition by both Democrats and rural Republicans who don’t want to funnel state money away from public schools.

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 ...

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 ...

How will vouchers work in Texas? Texas will put $1 billion over a two-year period toward the program, which is expected to launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.

When nearly two dozen Republican state lawmakers defied Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to oppose a centerpiece of his agenda — the creation of a school voucher program — they knew they’d face ...

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 ...

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 ...