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.
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has released a detailed demographic breakdown of the 95,935 students who have received #schoolchoice TEFA awards. Find the fact sheet with the entire breakdown here: bit.ly/4tjnyAs
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TEFA participating schools: Here’s a tutorial from Odyssey if you need assistance figuring out which #TEFA awardee students have chosen your school, setting tuition and fees, and more: bit.ly/3R40w3q
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The Texas Education Freedom Account program is hosting family school fairs in Dallas and Houston this coming weekend to let families and students with TEFA awards met local private schools with available seats and get support selecting a school through TEFA. All the info – and a registration link – are in the attached graphics. #schoolchoice #privateschool ... See MoreSee Less
Does your school use the ed-tech platform Canvas? Fisher Phillips has put together this guide on the recent Canvas breach and suggestions of immediate steps your school should consider taking now. ... See MoreSee Less
The Canvas Breach: What Educational Institutions Need to Know and How You Can Respond
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The public learned on May 7 that Instructure, the company that manages Canvas, suffered a massive data breach that could impact a huge swath of schools and students across the country. Canvas is the m...Another TEFA milestone: Starting today, the Comptroller will begin notifying students in all tiers of their approximate position on the waitlist, while the more than 2,460 schools participating in the TEFA program will start to be notified about which students have selected them. Good luck, everyone!
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As TEFA awardees start to choose their schools, a family may reach out to your school that you are unable to serve. If that happens, please quickly direct them back to Odyssey so they can pursue another private school opportunity.
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The State Board for Educator Certification has passed rules implementing SB 571, which tightens the reporting timeline for misconduct and inappropriate behavior toward students. TPSA is working to clarify what they mean and trying to plan a training for private schools about them. Stay tuned! ... See MoreSee Less
As TEFA award notifications continue to be sent, Odyssey has published a helpful new website page, Understanding the TEFA Award Amount on your Student Dashboard: bit.ly/4dhAxxK
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Understanding the TEFA Award Amount on your Student Dashboard
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Where do I see my student’s Award Amount in the Odyssey portal?To view your student’s Award Amount:Go to the Odyssey login page Enter your email address and password and click Sign In Once logged....The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts announced today that more than 53,000 additional students, these in Tier 2, will receive TEFA awards. Notifications will go out today through Wednesday. More in the Comptroller’s press release: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXCOMPT/bulletins/415b77a ... See MoreSee Less