We Are The Voice of Texas Private Schools
The Texas Private Schools Association supports and advocates for Texas private schools so they can serve the needs of Texas students.
We Support Educational Excellence
With over 900 accredited private schools serving 290,000 students in every corner of the state, TPSA provides resources, advocacy, and representation to help schools pursue academic excellence, to assist them in growing to meet Texas’ needs, and to protect them from excessive regulation.
We Advocate for Independence
TPSA plays a critical role in the Texas educational landscape by representing private schools in both Austin and Washington, D.C., ensuring they remain independent. Recent advocacy efforts on legislative issues such as school safety, student privacy, curriculum standards, admissions policies, and private school rights have protected the state’s private schools from onerous regulations.
School Choice Information for Families
Get up-to-date information about school choice in Texas, including details about the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program and FAQ’s.
TPSA recently held a forum in Houston on the final Texas Education Freedom Accounts rules, including live school application demo by Odyssey, the company overseeing the TEFA program. Stay tuned for information on future forums and demos in January in Austin and Fort Worth!
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TUESDAY: Big step tomorrow in Texas school choice! Eligible accredited private schools currently participating in the Parent-Directed Special Education Services will be invited to join the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program through Odyssey’s portal. Schools will be invited via their email address listed in TEPSAC, so make sure your email address on the website is correct.
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Please join Laura Colangelo of TPSA, Jennifer Allmon of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops and Daniel Warner of Odyssey at 10:45 a.m. Monday to see a demo of the online school application for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program. You can find a registration link in the email sent to TPSA members earlier today.
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Families will be able to apply for Texas Education Freedom Accounts starting Feb. 4. Now’s the time for a family with a child with special needs to start the process of getting the needed evaluation and IEP. Here’s a “how to” guide: bit.ly/3Xpni5J
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Eligible accredited private schools and vendors currently participating in the Parent-Directed Special Education Services will be invited to join the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program through Odyssey’s portal on Dec. 9 – next Wednesday.
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We’ll be sharing lots of information on the newly released final rules and application dates – it’s not too late to attend.
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ICYMI: The Texas Comptroller released final rules for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program just before Thanksgiving. We spent the holiday reading and analyzing them, and will be discussing them today on our member monthly Zoom at 12:30 p.m. More info here: bit.ly/49OrjYH
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While the final rules haven’t been released yet, we expect them to be hot off the press by this event. #TEFA #schoolchoice #privateschools ... See MoreSee Less