When Sadaf Siddiqui heard that Texas was getting a private school voucher program, her first feeling was excitement. Her eldest of three children had attended Renaissance Academy, an Islamic pre-K-12 ...

A decision to bar several Muslim schools from a new USD1 billion school voucher scheme has triggered accusations of discrimination and a lawsuit from parents ...

The federal lawsuits argue Texas officials are engaging in religious discrimination by preventing Islamic private schools ...

A second suit accuses the Texas Comptroller's office of religious discrimination after it did not approve any Islamic private schools for the state's voucher program, and even took one off the list.

Over 19,000 families in the San Antonio area filed an application, including around 4,100 families from Northside ISD, which serves around 97,000 students.

How much money public school districts will miss out on will depend on how many enrolled or prospective students they lose to private school because of TEFA, since state funds follow the student. Here ...

Our priorities should be on education since Texas is sitting on money that could fully fund public education, a reader says.

The state alleges that the schools are connected to an organization that the governor designated a terrorist group.

The dispute comes amid growing hostility from Republican elected officials in Texas toward the state’s Muslim residents.

In one month, more than 160,000 students have applied to Texas’ new school choice program. The overwhelming majority are private school students.

Gov. Greg Abbott waves to the crowd during a Houston tour stop to drum up support for school vouchers. Editor's Note: This article was updated to clarify ...

A Houston-area Muslim parent has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Texas officials of religious discrimination by ...