Texas selects company that will help develop its school voucher program

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Texas’ chief financial officer on Monday named the organization that will help the state build the school voucher program lawmakers approved earlier this year.

Odyssey, a technology company, will work with the comptroller’s office, which oversees finances for all of Texas state government, to design the process through which Texas families can apply to receive thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to cover their children’s private or home-schooling costs. Odyssey will also develop a system for those families to shop for educational products and pay tuition.

Applications for Texans to participate in the program are expected to open at some point early next year.