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This charter school superintendent makes $870,000. He leads a district with 1,000 students. By Ellis Simani, ProPublica, and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica March 6, 2025 . On ...
Texas lawmakers kicked off a new legislative session mid-January and it has been no secret that “school choice,” “school vouchers,” “education freedom,” or some of its other monikers ...
Education News Texas school voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families but also be open to all students. Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept ...
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.
Education. How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas. The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat.
That’s how social justice groups like the Texas Freedom Network are describing the passage of a bill that would create a $1 billion school voucher program in the state.
But the House bill mandates that public schools do so within 45 days. Texas school districts have struggled in recent years to keep up with rising demand for special education services and a ...
Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) was signed into law earlier this year. It allocates one billion dollars to help Texas families afford ...
As Texas state lawmakers prepare for the 2025 legislative session, a recent survey by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs and the Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan ...
The Texas Legislature is on the verge of passing the nation’s largest day-one school choice program. School vouchers legislation has already passed in the Senate, and the Texas House is expected ...
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.