Both suits maintain the state is engaging in religious discrimination by cutting off state voucher money to Islamic private ...
The suit appears to be the first legal challenge to the voucher program that Republican lawmakers pitched last year as a way ...
Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program with thousands of more scholarships at a cost of more than $150 m ...
Another Muslim parent whose children’s school was allegedly excluded earlier this month from the program filed a lawsuit ...
The comptroller's office also said it would continue reviewing the law to determine how to accommodate families.
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Houston ISD had far more voucher applicants than any other Texas district, according to the data. Fort Bend ISD also saw a large number of resident families apply for state-funded accounts.
Louisiana’s publicly funded LA GATOR program helps families pay for private education. Nearly all of the students come from low-income families, but just 4% have diagnosed disabilities, according to ...
Critics of vouchers see an opportunity to impose income and other limits. But the strategy could also signal acceptance that ...
A resolution passed by City Council will seek to be more clear about where tax dollars are going amid an ongoing conversation ...
The push to expand the school voucher program in Tennessee has cleared its first hurdle. On Tuesday, a House subcommittee ...