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The Texas comptroller’s office on Tuesday moved one step closer to finalizing official rules for the state’s private school voucher program, taking public testimony from Texans who called on the agency to correct a discrepancy in funding for pre-K students, ensure fairness for participating children with disabilities and provide the public with comprehensive data on student outcomes.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2 into law earlier this year, greenlighting the launch of a program that will allow families to use at least $1 billion in public taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s private and home-school education. SB 2 calls on the comptroller, who ov

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