Education Savings Accounts

The Legislature doesn’t reconvene for another five months, but the battle over creating a school voucher-like program in the state is already well underway. A Texas House committee meeting on Monday may provide a preview of what to expect in the battle ahead.

A bill to give Texas families public funds to avoid integrated schools almost became law in 1957.

If Texas lawmakers create a program that lets all families use state funds to pay for private school, children already enrolled in private schools will likely use it most.

In an interview with the Tribune, the governor also backed criminalizing some health care treatments for transgender kids and shrugged off the idea that he’s in a conservative policy rivalry with Ron DeSantis.

A school choice program under judicial review in Nevada is also one being considered by Texas lawmakers. Education leaders are learning about education…