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September 11, 2026

Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school; parents say that’s not the reality

Voucher programs and the private schools they increasingly fund have proliferated across the country.
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Austin mayor releases plan to prevent Texas from taking over the school district

In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law.

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Texas doesn’t have a “moral imperative” to send tax dollars to private schools

Comptroller Don Huffines, who is asking the Legislature to double the amount of tax funds spent on the new school voucher program during the next budget period, believes the state has a “moral imperative” to help children pay for tuition at religious and other private schools. No, it doesn’t.

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