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by (in alphabetical order) John Garrett Clawson, Reynaldo de la Garza, Victoria Keller, Sarah Pollock, Laurie Roberts, 

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Parents who elect to register in the proposed program would receive a debit card with funds that may be applied to educational expenses. The office of the Texas Commissioner of Education office would be in charge of establishing and managing funds to be distributed for approved educational-related expenses for eligible students. The allotted amount will be equal to 80-100% of the annual funding per student in that student’s specific district. Refer to the Amount Per Student section below for financial eligibility.

When signing To sign up, parents would be agreeing agree to the following (SB 1178, 2015):

• Minimum education requirements of The inclusion of curriculum that covers reading, grammar, health, social studies, and sciencescience 
• Funding to be To spend funds on qualified education expenses
• Annual Annually administered assessment instruments (i.e. state testing, AP exams, etc.)
• Notify TEA if student their child enrolls in public school district or an open enrollment charter school
• Inform TEA once student their child has graduated

Any unused funds would roll over and could be applied to higher education expenses the child may incur after completing the appropriate K-12 curricula.

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O'Dell, Rob, and Yvonne W. Sanchez. "State Money Helping Wealthier Arizona Kids Go to Private Schools." The Arizona Republic. Last modified July 7, 2016. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/education/2016/02/23/state-money-helping-wealthier-arizona-kids-go-private-schools/80303730/.

“School Choice in America,” EdChoice, last modified Oct. 28, 2016, http://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/school-choice-in-america.

S.B. 1178, Texas 84th Cong. (2015).

S.B. 2695, Mississippi 114th Cong. (2015).

S.B. 302, Nevada 302nd Cong. (2015).

S.B. 431, Tennessee 431st Cong. (2015).

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