The Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program offers up to $10,474 per student annually for private school tuition and related expenses, with up to $30,000 for students with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and $2,000 for homeschooling families.
Priority is given to low-income families and students with special needs, with a lottery system used if demand exceeds the $1 billion funding cap.
The average annual tuition for Catholic private schools in Texas is approximately $9,081, according to 2024 data. The average private school tuition in Texas for the 2026 school year is $14,000 per year, according to Private School Review. This breaks down to: $13,246 for private elementary schools, $14,494 for private high schools.
This is a GREAT program. Especially with Texas State funding... my bet is that Private Education will step up to accept that $10,474 per student... and parents can remove their children from public education and use the $$$ to provide better learning opportunities.
The program has a $1 Billion annual funding cap. Can you imagine $1 Billion being pulled OUT of public education... and applied to private schools? The entire Texas State Public Education budget is only $8 Billion per year. This is 1/8th of the money spent on public education. That's a BIG deal.
Can you imagine if a school has 1,000 kids enrolled.... and 120 of them dis-enroll and move to private schools instead... taking that education money with them?
Now imagine a school district with 50,000 students, and roughly 6,500 of those students leave and go to private schools instead. That's $68 Million per year in funding that leaves the school district for private education instead. Big loss.
This is great news. Breaking the teachers union will go a long ways towards removing the Cabal from the country.
We had our kids in private school until highschool. At that time, public school cost 2.5x - 3x times as much per student. Public schools had nice facilities and lots of "stuff" and programs for educating kids. The private school kids did way better on every test. We heard all the excuses as to why, but it was obvious that the public schools weren't as interested in teaching as in spending taxpayer money on their agendas.
My oldest daughter was able to move from the local public school to a "public" charter school back around 2010 or so (in Central Texas). I don't recall any major obstacles, and we didn't have to pay any tuition. The school is still there, and I believe they have other ones as well. They were a great school.
The Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program offers up to $10,474 per student annually for private school tuition and related expenses, with up to $30,000 for students with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and $2,000 for homeschooling families.
Priority is given to low-income families and students with special needs, with a lottery system used if demand exceeds the $1 billion funding cap.
The average annual tuition for Catholic private schools in Texas is approximately $9,081, according to 2024 data. The average private school tuition in Texas for the 2026 school year is $14,000 per year, according to Private School Review. This breaks down to: $13,246 for private elementary schools, $14,494 for private high schools.
This is a GREAT program. Especially with Texas State funding... my bet is that Private Education will step up to accept that $10,474 per student... and parents can remove their children from public education and use the $$$ to provide better learning opportunities.
The program has a $1 Billion annual funding cap. Can you imagine $1 Billion being pulled OUT of public education... and applied to private schools? The entire Texas State Public Education budget is only $8 Billion per year. This is 1/8th of the money spent on public education. That's a BIG deal.
Can you imagine if a school has 1,000 kids enrolled.... and 120 of them dis-enroll and move to private schools instead... taking that education money with them?
Now imagine a school district with 50,000 students, and roughly 6,500 of those students leave and go to private schools instead. That's $68 Million per year in funding that leaves the school district for private education instead. Big loss.
This is great news. Breaking the teachers union will go a long ways towards removing the Cabal from the country.
We had our kids in private school until highschool. At that time, public school cost 2.5x - 3x times as much per student. Public schools had nice facilities and lots of "stuff" and programs for educating kids. The private school kids did way better on every test. We heard all the excuses as to why, but it was obvious that the public schools weren't as interested in teaching as in spending taxpayer money on their agendas.
Same here in NH though limited number to start. Even so the lefties are freaking out.
My oldest daughter was able to move from the local public school to a "public" charter school back around 2010 or so (in Central Texas). I don't recall any major obstacles, and we didn't have to pay any tuition. The school is still there, and I believe they have other ones as well. They were a great school.
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Great news.