With a stroke of his pen this Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott will make every school-aged child in Texas eligible for education choice.
It’s a historic victory for education freedom, long sought after by the school choice movement. Following Idaho, Indiana, Tennessee, and Wyoming this year, Texas is now the 16th state to enact a “universal” education choice policy for which every K-12 student is eligible.
It’s also a tipping point. More than 1 in 10 U.S. students live in Texas. Now that they are all eligible for an education savings account, half of America’s children now live in states where they are eligible for education choice.
However, universal eligibility does not imply universal access.
Although every K-12 student in Texas is technically eligible, only a small number will actually get access to the accounts. The Legislature allocated $1 billion,…
