of by (in alphabetical order) John Garrett Clawson, Cassie Davis, Reynaldo De La Garza, Katie Floyd , Sarah Pollock
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Parents who register for the proposed program would receive a debit card with funds that may be applied to educational expenses. The office of the Texas Commissioner would be in charge of establishing and managing funds to be distributed for approved educational-related expenses for eligible students. The debit card would be funded with 80% of the amount that would have been allocated to the student in the school district he/she would have otherwise attended. Students with disabilities or “educational disadvantages” would receive the full amount (100%) that would have been allocated to the school district that they would have otherwise attended. A third party would assess applications to determine the level of funding for which each student was eligible. The amount allocated per student is similar to the amount allocated by ESA programs in other states. For example, Arizona allocates 90% of the amount that would have gone to a public school for a given student (FN SB 1363, 2013), Nevada allocates up to 90% (SB 302, 2015), Tennessee allocates 100% (SB 431, 2015), and Florida and Mississippi allocate fixed amounts ($9,000 and $6,500) that are comparable to those states' per student public education spending (Florida SB 850, 2014; Mississippi SB 2695, 2015; the Misssippi amount is legislated to increase with per pupil public school spending).
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“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).
S.N. 850, Florida 116th Cong. (2014).