Comptroller Requests Doubling Texas School Voucher Program to $2 Billion
The request would raise base funding by $1 billion and add $226 million for current participants as interest in the program grows.
- Texas Comptroller Don Huffines requested the Legislature double funding for the private school voucher program to more than $2 billion for the 2028-29 biennium, expanding access for families using taxpayer money for private or home schooling.
- Nearly 110,000 students have received funding so far, while more than 106,000 families remain on the waitlist, prompting The Comptroller to seek increased budget capacity for the program's growing demand.
- Huffines also requested an additional $226 million to support roughly 7,300 students with disabilities currently participating, with officials expecting nearly 15,000 children may qualify for special education funding next year.
- On Thursday, the Texas State Teachers Association criticized the budget request, contending that 70% of families receiving vouchers already attended private or home schools before joining the program.
- Legislators will tackle the state's two-year budget when the next legislative session begins in January, determining whether to approve the funding increases amid ongoing concerns about public school resources.
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TX Controller Seeks To Double School Vouchers Spend
The Texas Tribune reports: Texas’ chief financial officer requested that lawmakers double the amount of money available for the state’s private school voucher program, resulting in a total of more than $2 billion. In the appropriations request for 2028–29 biennium, Texas Comptroller Don Huffines asked the Legislature to raise the program’s base funding by $1 … The post TX Controller Seeks To Double School Vouchers Spend appeared first on Joe.My.…
Texas comptroller asks lawmakers to double school voucher funding to $2B
The Texas comptroller is asking lawmakers for $2 billion to fund school vouchers for the next two years, which would double the program's current biennial allotment. Don Huffines, who oversees the Texas Education Freedom Accounts, wants $916 million to continue…
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Comptroller requests doubling Texas school voucher program to $2 billion
Texas’ chief financial officer requested that lawmakers double the amount of money available for the state's private school voucher program, resulting in a total of more than $2 billion.
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