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Islamic private schools that sued state officials have now been accepted to Texas’ voucher program
Federal court ordered Texas to include Islamic private schools in the statewide voucher program after lawsuits challenged religious discrimination, with over 2,200 schools already accepted.
- Texas Republicans have used anti-Muslim rhetoric during the primary elections.
- Hancock excluded hundreds of Cognia-accredited schools from the voucher program, including Islamic, Christian, and special needs schools.
- In a March 1 lawsuit, a Muslim parent claimed state leaders targeted Islamic schools for exclusion from the voucher program.
- The comptroller's office accepted into the voucher program the schools and a parent involved in the lawsuit as of March.
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Texas accepts some Islamic schools into voucher program after lawsuits
The Texas comptroller has accepted several Islamic private schools into the state’s voucher program after the institutions sued to gain admittance.
·United States
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Islamic private schools that sued state officials have now been accepted to Texas’ voucher program
Months after they first applied to participate in Texas' new $1 billion school voucher program, Brighter Horizons Academy, Bayaan Academy and some other Islamic private schools were admitted Wednesday, according to the Texas comptroller's office.
·Denton, United States
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