Big Spring ISD Adapts Budget to School Voucher Legislation

Big Spring ISD adapts budget to school voucher legislation

BIG SPRING, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Education Savings Accounts were a top priority for the Texas Legislature this session. Senate Bill 2 - which includes school vouchers - was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on May 3. Local school districts are now figuring out how to adapt to the new legislation and work it into their budgets before the next school year. Leaders at Big Spring ISD said it is hard to determine because it depends on the number…

Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets • Michigan Advance

An elementary school math teacher instructs a fifth grade class at a private school in Wheeling, W.Va. Costs are skyrocketing as states rapidly expand school voucher programs, which divert public funds to pay for private school tuition. (Photo by Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press)In submitting her updated budget proposal in March, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs lamented the rising costs of the state’s school vouchers program that directs public doll…