Texas Senate Advances Bill to Help Parents Fund Private Education

The bill’s passage came after Trump signed an executive order to support parents with ‘choosing and directing’ their children’s education.

Two girls read a book together during a lesson at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky, on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

The Texas Senate approved a bill on Wednesday granting parents in the state access to taxpayer funds for covering expenses related to the private education of their children.

Senate Bill 2, known as “The Texas Education Freedom Act,” authored by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, proposes using $1 billion to create approximately 100,000 education savings accounts that parents can use to pay for their children’s nonpublic education expenses, the Senate said in a Feb. 5 update.