TX: School vouchers could cause another headache for Texas

by kids1stadvocac | May 20, 2025 | State

Newsweek Texas’s $1 billion school voucher program promises to prioritize students with disabilities. The program, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott earlier this month, will allow Texas families to receive $10,000 per year to help pay for students’...

House Budget Reconciliation Bill Cuts Medicaid, Adds Education Voucher

by kids1stadvocac | May 20, 2025 | Federal

The Republicans have finalized a Budget Reconciliation bill that is designed to pay for nearly $1 trillion in tax credits for businesses and to add new tax relief for some taxpayers. Together, three House Committees produced cuts to existing mandatory spending...

TX:  Advocates worry about ‘unclear process’ in Texas school choice law

by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | State

KXAN Education advocates have warned lawmakers that S.B. 2 seems to expedite the evaluation process for students seeking an ESA, removing many deadline extensions districts utilize for other students waiting to learn whether they qualify for special education...

COPAA Opposes House Budget Bills that Jeopardize IDEA Rights, Cut Medicaid

by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | Federal

This week the House Ways & Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee have proposed budget reconciliation bills that include provisions harmful to children with disabilities. Specifically, the House Ways & Means bill would add $20 billion in...

Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs

by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | Federal

NBC News A growing number of red states have expanded their school voucher programs in recent years, a trend that is likely to only spike further amid a push led by President Donald Trump’s administration to return education “back to the states.” Conservative...