TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – The state says there is not enough money available to cover every student who applies for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts, which give parents money to put towards their children’s private education.
The Texas comptroller’s office says they are seeing a record demand, with nearly 176 thousand students having signed up. One in four students who applied were in public school in the 2024 to 2025 school year, which means 75% of students who applied were not in public school that year. While the applications are pouring in, the system is not on a first come first served basis; students with disabilities and those from lower-income areas will be given priority. From there, the program will defer to a lottery system where funding will be granted at random. Officials say they will keep track of who gets the funding and who doesn’t, so they can let lawmakers know what needs to change.
The deadline to submit your application is March 17th at 11:59 p.m.; you can head to educationfreedom.texas.gov to sign up. For parents, once you have applied, you will be able to select which school your child will be attending in July when funding will be finalized for each student.
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