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Texas Finalizes Private School Voucher Rules, Will Let Families Put $10,300 Toward Preschool
The voucher program offers approximately $10,300 per student, ensuring full pre-K funding and setting clear application and oversight rules for Texas families and schools.
- On Tuesday, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock finalized rules for Texas’ private school voucher program, clarifying preschool eligibility for full funding and setting applications to open Dec. 9 for private schools and vendors.
- Gov. Greg Abbott's signature earlier this year set the stage as Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock held a public hearing in September and received written testimony from roughly 200 people to resolve discrepancies with the statute.
- The program directs $1 billion through education savings accounts and most families will receive about $10,000, serving up to 90,000 students in year one.
- The online application opens Feb. 6, 2026, and families in Texas can start applying on Feb. 4, under the Texas Comptroller's Office oversight, with the program launching at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
- The rules allow noneducational documents as initial disability evidence, but disability-rights advocates argued they conflict with guidelines while the comptroller declined broader reporting beyond state law.
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In school voucher rules, Texas lets families get more for pre-K but rejects stronger accountability
By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune November 25, 2025 Texas’ chief financial officer on Tuesday finalized rules for the state’s private school voucher program, clearing up confusion about funding for pre-kindergarten students and setting official dates for schools and families to apply — but declining to change certain special education components or tack on additional accountability requirements. Private schools and vendors who currently partici…
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