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Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock recently provided new details about the state's rollout of its new school voucher program during a roundtable at The Imani School, a private school in Houston.

Last May, Governor Greg Abbott signed a $1 billion private school voucher bill into law, which creates education savings accounts (ESAs). These accounts allow parents to use state tax dollars toward costs associated with educating their children outside of Texas’ public school system. The voucher program is scheduled to begin during the 2026-2027 school year.

Hancock said his office is working to create an online marketplace to distribute the ESA funds and facilitate the transactions between families and private education providers.

"The best way we've talked about [it]

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