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Gov. Greg Abbott signs legislation authorizing a private school voucher program into law at the Texas Governor’s Mansion in Austin on May 3, 2025.

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Texas will give participating families about $10,000 to pay for their kids’ private schooling. Other details about the program, set to launch in 2026, are unclear.

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Suraj Thapa was The Texas Tribune's machine learning engineer. He was born and raised in Nepal and is currently based in Idaho. He completed an undergraduate degree in economics at the University of Idaho...