Does Texas's Education Freedom Account cover Christian schools, and how much is it?
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Yes. The Texas Education Freedom Accounts programme, created by Senate Bill 2 in 2025 and administered by the Texas Comptroller, opens for the 2026-27 school year and can be spent at participating private schools, including religious and Christian schools. The standard award is $10,474 per student for a child attending a participating private school. Students with disabilities can receive up to $30,000, and homeschool students can receive $2,000 toward eligible expenses.
The programme is open to Texas children who are eligible to attend a public school. Where applications exceed the money available, the law gives priority to students with disabilities and to lower and middle income families. Because 2026-27 is the programme's first year, the practical points matter most: confirm that the school you want has been approved as a participating school, watch the Comptroller's application window, and treat the first-year deadlines as firm. Award amounts are set in the statute and the Comptroller's rules, and are the figures to re-check each school year.
Sources: Texas Senate Bill 2 (2025), Texas Education Freedom Accounts; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, TEFA programme pages; Amounts as recorded in FCS's verified state file (shared/schoolChoice.ts, checked 2026-10-13). Checked October 2026.