Judge orders Texas voucher program deadline be extended amid controversy over exclusion of Islamic schools

Families Get 2 More Weeks to Apply for Nation's Largest School Choice Program

Lawsuits say Texas is discriminating by excluding Islamic schools from the private school choice program.

Judge orders Texas to open school choice program to Islamic schools

The ruling also extends the application window for families by two weeks, in a case brought by Muslim families who alleged discrimination.

Texas families now have until March 31 to apply for education savings accounts, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered the state comptroller’s office to extend the application deadline by two weeks over concerns that no Islamic private schools had been greenlit to accept state ESA funds.

Judge orders Texas to extend school voucher deadline in response to lawsuit

Officials have prevented Islamic schools from participating in the program over claims that some are associated with foreign terrorist organizations.

Judge orders Texas Education Freedom Accounts application deadline extended to March 31

DALLAS — Texas’ school voucher-style program application window has been extended by two weeks, following a federal judge’s order Tuesday. He cited concerns about the exclusion of Islamic schools from the program. With applications to the Texas Education Freedom Accounts…

School vouchers applications deadline extended through end of March following court order

TEXAS (KETK) -- The window to apply for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program has been extended to March 31, after a federal court order was issued on Tuesday ahead of the initial deadline. Parents may submit new applications before the extended deadline and previously submitted applications may be updated. Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly [...]