Texas has announced the final adoption of new rules laid out in a Senate bill passed earlier this year that sets aside $1 billion for families and students to use on private school tuition, educational therapies, resources and more.

In an announcement on November 25, the Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock shared that the final rules of Texas Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) had been formally filed with the Texas Secretary of State and will become effective in 20 days from filing.

SB 2 was passed at the start of the year, and introduced universal Education Savings Accounts (ESA), also known as the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program, for eligible Texans, allowing them to access funding for educational costs, while promoting "school choice."

Newsweek has contacted the Texas Comptroll

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