Texas ObserverOur top story: The vast majority of the students who are applying for #vouchers are already enrolled in private schools, being homeschooled, or entering school for the first time. About 1% of the state's 5.5M public school students have applied. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
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Top story: Applications had been submitted for about 275,000 students as of late March. But just 25% were for students currently enrolled in public schools.
That amounts to about 1% of the state’s 5.5 million public school students. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
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Top story: What would’ve been school-choice proponents’ triumphant publicity tour was instead consumed by catty finger-pointing over who’s to blame for the seemingly botched attempt to religiously discriminate against some program participants. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
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From Justin Miller: GOP legislators repeatedly insisted that “Texas Education Freedom Accounts” would be open to any and all types of private #schools—of all creeds and persuasions.
In predictable fashion, they haven't quite lived up to that promise. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
Tracy Rosenberg"In recent months, the possibility of state funding going to Islamic private schools has emerged as a new front. This has complicated the initial phase of the $1 billion school choice program, a signature policy achievement of Gov. Greg Abbott" #school #vouchers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/texas-voucher-program-islamic-schools-funding-fight.html
Applications had been submitted for about 275,000 students as of late March. But just 25% percent were for students currently enrolled in public #schools. (That amounts to about 1% of the state’s 5.5 million public school students.) https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
“The exclusion is not based on individualized findings of unlawful conduct by any specific school, but rather on categorical presumptions that Islamic schools are suspect and potentially linked to terrorism by virtue of their religious identity and community associations.” https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
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New from Justin Miller: What would’ve been school-choice proponents’ triumphant publicity tour was instead consumed by catty finger-pointing over who’s to blame for the seemingly botched attempt to religiously discriminate against some program participants. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-discrimination-brouhaha-abbott/
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Bich Nguyen"Of the 274,183 Texans who applied for vouchers before Tuesday night’s deadline, 45% are white, 23% are Hispanic and 12% are Black. Low-income families make up 37% of applicants — defined by the program as a family of four earning $66,000 or less per year. Children with disabilities make up 16% of applicants."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/01/texas-voucher-applications-demographics/
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