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Nearly 25,000 Texas school voucher recipients declined the awards. Why didn't families use them?

Texas has funded school vouchers for over 85,000 students in the program's first year. The state received nearly 274,000 applications, leaving more than 121,000 eligible students on a waitlist.

One of the biggest selling points of Texas’ new private school voucher program was that it would support students with disabilities, offering up to $30,000 in state-funded accounts for tuition and ...

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Texas’ school voucher-like program boasts a lengthy list of vendors, running the gamut from arts and craft suppliers, to music instructors, to physical therapists. Now, Texas public schools want in.

Texas' new $1 billion school voucher program triggered a surge in special education evaluations as thousands of families sought to show their children had disabilities that qualify for up to $20,000 ...