On Thursday, thousands of families across Texas began receiving funding for the state’s billion-dollar school voucher program.
The legislature and the comptroller’s office promised students with disabilities would be prioritized during the voucher process, and experts say their applications were, but those families were told they could get up to $30,000 a year, and now data reveal the average awarded is only half that.
Dee Carney, the director of the Texas Center for Voucher Transparency, said the process looks a little different from the expectations lawmakers laid out…