Testimony presented by the Foundation’s Director of Research before the Senate Education Committee on April 22, 2004, and the Committee of the Whole on the Senate Floor on May 10, 2004.
High Demand Shows Texas Families Want More Educational Freedom
The rollout of Texas’ Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) has already become a major success. When state officials opened applications on February 4, demand poured in at an unprecedented rate, with tens of thousands of families rushing to apply. Early figures show the scale of that demand. Within just hours of launch, more than 20,000 applications...