SCHOOL Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Roy
Introduced
Summary
Funds to follow the student would redirect federal K–12 and special education dollars so funding follows eligible children to the public school, private school, or home setting they attend. It would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and a per‑child allocation model under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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- Families and students: Families choosing private or home school would receive Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to pay for tuition, curriculum, tutoring, technology, testing, extracurriculars, and for students with disabilities, educational therapies.
- Local school districts and public schools: Local educational agencies (LEAs) would get per‑child funds and distribute them to schools based on eligible student counts, and the federal rules require those funds to supplement, not supplant, non‑federal money. States must collect annual parent notifications of each child's school or homeschool and use that data only to calculate and distribute funds.
- Students with disabilities: IDEA would mirror ESEA rules so children eligible for special education get per‑child allocations and ESA access for related services and therapies.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Savings accounts for private and home schooling
If enacted, eligible children in private or home school would get an education savings account funded with the State’s per‑child amount. You could use the money for curriculum, books, tech or online materials, tutoring or classes, private school tuition, activities, testing fees, diagnostic tools, and therapies for disabilities. These funds would have to supplement, not replace, non‑Federal resources.
School funds would follow your child
If enacted, federal K–12 grant money would follow each eligible child to the school they attend, including public, private, or home school, in person or remote. States would count eligible children each year. States would give each district the per‑child amount times the number of eligible children in its public schools. Districts would then pass funds to public schools based on those counts, and the money would add to, not replace, other non‑Federal funds. Private and home‑schooled students would receive their share through education savings accounts (see next item).
Free school meals would stay in place
If enacted, a child who qualifies for free or reduced‑price school meals could still get that help. The funds‑to‑follow rules would not block meal benefits. The bill would also bar government control over private education providers.
Parents would report school choice yearly
If enacted, States would set up a simple yearly process for parents to tell the district if their child will attend public, private, or home school. For K–12 funds, an eligible child would be ages 5 to 17. For special education funds, eligibility would follow IDEA rules. “Home school” would follow State law. The information could be used only to calculate and send out funds.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Roy
TX • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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