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The Texas comptroller’s office announced that New York-based company Odyssey will help manage the state’s $1 billion program.

UT Teen Health, a grant-funded program of UT San Antonio Health Science Center, is filling that gap by relaunching and ...

State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) speaking on SB 38 before the Senate State Affairs Committee, March 24, 2025. Expanded protections and support for virtual education programs across Texas has ...

Texas' first free college application week, where applications to the state's public schools will be waived, is Oct. 13-19.

The contract will initially run for two years, and can be worth up to 5% of the program’s total funds, or an initial $50 ...

The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning. By Dana Goldstein and J. David Goodman ...

After nearly 30 years of stalled efforts, Texas is in line to become the largest state with a universal private school choice program. The Republican-controlled state House of Representatives approved ...

Some protestant churches in Texas are quietly embracing a new mission: providing ESL instruction to immigrants. Baptist churches in Plano, Waco and Austin say they're seeing rising enrollment.