Texas Comptroller launches dashboard tracking $270 million in school vouchers
The Texas Comptroller launched a dashboard on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, to provide transparency on how money is being distributed through Texas Education Savings Accounts, or vouchers. The dashboard shows that more than $270 million in taxpayer dollars have been spent through the program so far, with data on who is receiving the money but not how families are spending it.
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- When it happened
- Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026
- Where
- Houston, Texas; Houston ISD
- First reported by an outlet
- Oct 29, 2026 at 7:47 pm
- Reported by
- 1 outlet so far (not yet confirmed)
Taxes & money
| What | Amount | Who pays |
|---|---|---|
| taxpayer dollars spent through Education Savings Accounts program so far | more than $270 million[1] | taxpayers |
Who's involved
- Texas Comptroller · launched dashboard[1]
The facts
- More than 111,295 students received vouchers through the program.[1]
- More than half of voucher recipients, those in Tier 2, come from low-income families, which the state defines as a family of four making about $66,000 a year or less.[1]
- 23,732 pre-K students were awarded vouchers; the dashboard does not show what kinds of programs the money is being used to enroll them in.[1]
- Nearly 83% of students receiving a voucher were not in public school in the prior year; only 17% of participating students between second and 12th grade were in public school the prior year.[1]
- 12,411 students living within Houston ISD's boundaries applied for vouchers and 4,020 were funded, making Houston ISD the district with the most applications.[1]
- 17% of all voucher students have a disability.[1]
- 33,878 students were found to be eligible for vouchers but opted out of the program.[1]
Who said what
Sources
- News Center New dashboard shows how Texas school vouchers are being distributed ABC13 Houston · Oct 29, 2026
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