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Voucher program could swell to $4.4B next biennium, Texas comptroller says: The cost, which includes funding waitlisted students and their siblings ...
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Voucher program could swell to $4.4B, Texas comptrollers says: The cost, which includes funding waitlisted students and their siblings, will be an early ...
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Readers weigh in on school vouchers as new Texas leaders eye changes: Houston Chronicle readers weigh in on whether Texas should end or change its $1 billion ...
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Gina Hinojosa pledged an end to Texas school vouchers. Can she do it?: More than 110,000 Texas students received voucher awards this year. Gov ...
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Texas won't say where private school voucher money is being spent: Families have spent more than $270M of the $1B in state voucher funds. The Texas Comptroller ...
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Texas’ school voucher program would double under $2 billion request: This is the first year for education savings accounts, which allow Texas families to use ...
texastribune.org/2026/09/03/texas-school-voucher-program-2-billion-expansion-budget-comptroller/

Texas comptroller asks to double school voucher funding to $2B: The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program was allocated $1 billion for its first two years ...
dallasnews.com/news/education/article/texas-comptroller-asks-double-school-voucher-22416634.php

Texas’ first report on school voucher recipients is missing key data: Texas' $1 billion private school voucher program is rolling out this year ...
houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/private-school-voucher-data-22375469.php

Huffines takes over Texas comptroller office months before midterms: Gov. Greg Abbott appointed the hard-right, former state senator to lead the office as it ...
texastribune.org/2026/08/01/don-huffines-sworn-in-as-texas-acting-comptroller-ahead-of-november-elections/

How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools
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Kelly Hancock, Republican leading Texas voucher rollout, to step down: Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock had been slated to run the program through the end of the ...
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OpinionTexas GOP fight on Islamic schools, vouchers is really Paxton vs. Abbott | Opinion
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Texas accepts some Islamic schools into voucher program after lawsuits: (AP) – Four Muslim parents and three Islamic private school providers had sued Texas ...
religionnews.com/2026/03/20/texas-accepts-some-islamic-schools-into-voucher-program-after-lawsuits/

Federal judge extends school voucher application window for Texas families: A federal judge issued an order to extend Texas’ school voucher program application ...
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Meet Don Huffines, the self-funding tea party activist who won the GOP Texas comptroller primary
texastribune.org/2026/03/06/don-huffines-texas-comptroller-school-vouchers-abbott/

Texas vouchers application deadline looms March 31: A federal judge previously gave families an additional two weeks to apply after Muslim parents and Islamic ...
texastribune.org/2026/03/02/texas-lawsuit-school-vouchers-muslim-parent/

Ken Paxton: Comptroller can exclude schools from voucher program under anti-terror laws
texastribune.org/2026/01/24/texas-school-vouchers-opinion-terrorists-ken-paxton/

What D-FW schools accept Texas Education Freedom Account funds?: Texas has released a list of the first private schools in the state approved to receive funds ...
dallasnews.com/news/education/2026/01/08/north-texas-private-schools-signed-up-to-take-voucher-money-heres-where-they-are/

Texas comptroller questions whether some Islamic schools can be excluded from voucher program
texastribune.org/2025/12/22/texas-school-voucher-exclusions-kelly-hancock/

Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here’s what you need to know.
texastribune.org/2025/10/31/texas-comptroller-school-vouchers-explained/

Exclusive: Texas school voucher program to launch in February, documents show
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Abbott's comptroller pick will shape the rollout of Texas private school voucher
houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/texas-comptroller-private-school-vouchers-20347640.php
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