New: Senators approved Senate Bill 2, advancing legislation to allow Texas families to use tax dollars to fund their children’s private schooling. Under SB 2, qualifying families could receive the following through state-managed education savings accounts: - $10,000 a year per student to pay for tuition at an accredited private school and related expenses like textbooks, transportation and therapy - $11,500 per student for children with disabilities - $2,000 a year per student for home-schooling families who participate in the program - $2,500 per year for home-schooling students with disabilities could receive for therapy, a provision lawmakers added into the bill Wednesday Any child able to attend or already attending a public school, including pre-K, could apply. So could families with children already attending private schools. If demand exceeds the available funding, the bill would reserve the majority of the program’s spots for children with disabilities and children from households whose annual income is up to 500% of the federal poverty level. That would include any four-person household earning less than roughly $156,000. SB 2 now goes to the Texas House for approval. Similar legislation has failed in past years, but top state officials say they now have enough votes to create education savings accounts. Read more details: https://trib.it/99lqjn