Texas Launches Nation’s Largest Universal Education Savings Account Program: Lisa B. Nelson in The Daily Caller
Texas has delivered a resounding victory for students, families, and the American principle of self-determination.
ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson was featured in apiece by Mariane Angela in The Daily Caller highlighting the recent passage of Texas’ Senate Bill 2, creating the largest universal Education Savings Account (ESA) program in the nation, allowing taxpayer funds to support private schooling and homeschooling. The bill marks a major expansion of parental control in education and makes Texas the 16th state to adopt a universal ESA.
“Texas has delivered a resounding victory for students, families, and the American principle of self-determination,” said American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) CEO Lisa B. Nelson. “SB 2 not only represents sound policy but highlights the simple yet powerful belief that money should follow the child rather than be trapped in the system. Governor Abbott and the Texas Legislature demonstrated a tremendous amount of courage leading this charge, and history will remember.”
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“SB 2 marks Texas as the 16th state to implement a universal ESA, part of a growing movement among states to expand parental control over education. Model policies like the Hope Scholarship Act provided the framework for education freedom reforms like SB 2,” said Nelson. “It signals the end of the one-size-fits-all era in American education.”