HOUSTON – A judge ruled Tuesday to extend the application deadline for the Texas school voucher program after four Muslim parents and three private schools sued Texas leaders, alleging Islamic private schools were excluded from participating in the state’s program.
The two federal lawsuits ask the court to block the voucher program from discriminating on the basis of religion.
The first lawsuit, filed March 1 by a parent on behalf of two children who attend a Houston private school, names Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock and Education Commissioner Mike Morath as defendants.
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A second lawsuit, filed March 11 by three parents and three schools, names Hancock and Mary Katherine Stout, the education savings account program manager, as defendants…