The bill's sponsor said he plans to offer a proviso, or one-year law, to address his concerns about home-educated students receiving school vouchers.
The state alleges that the schools are connected to an organization that the governor designated a terrorist group.
Another Muslim parent whose children’s school was allegedly excluded earlier this month from the program filed a lawsuit against Texas state officials over religious discrimination.
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Houston ISD had far more voucher applicants than any other Texas district, according to the data. Fort Bend ISD also saw a large number of resident families apply for state-funded accounts.
The suit appears to be the first legal challenge to the voucher program that Republican lawmakers pitched last year as a way ...
Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program with thousands of more scholarships at a cost of more than $150 m ...
Critics of vouchers see an opportunity to impose income and other limits. But the strategy could also signal acceptance that ...
The deadline for Texas families to apply​ for Texas Education Freedom Accounts is on March 17.