# 2025-02233: New Order Expands School Options to Fix Failing Education and Housing Woes

2025-02233, Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-03, effective 2025-01-29; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02233
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02233
- Title: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 8859
- Published: 2025-02-03
- Effective: 2025-01-29
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

New Order Expands School Options to Fix Failing Education and Housing Woes

## Summary

This new order helps families pick the best schools for their kids by supporting education choice programs. It affects parents and students nationwide, aiming to fix low test scores and high housing costs tied to school zones. The government will guide states on using federal funds for these programs within 60 days and prioritize education freedom in grants within 90 days, opening doors to better learning and more options.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal Guidance on Using Formula Funds: benefit, medium. Within 60 days of January 29, 2025, the Secretary of Education must issue guidance on how States can use Federal formula funds to support K-12 educational choice programs. This guidance is meant to help states allow families more options for K-12 schooling.
- Priority for Education Freedom in Grants: benefit, low. The Secretary of Education will include 'education freedom' as a priority in discretionary grant programs, and within 90 days of January 29, 2025 the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Education must each submit plans to evaluate and recommend using discretionary grants to expand education choice.…
- Block-Grant Guidance for Low-Income Families: benefit, medium. Within 90 days of January 29, 2025, the HHS Secretary must issue guidance on whether and how States receiving block grants for families and children, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), can use them to expand educational choice for families, including private and faith-bas…
- Military Families' Use of DoD Education Funds: benefit, low. Within 90 days of January 29, 2025, the Secretary of Defense must review mechanisms for military-connected families to use Department of Defense funds to attend schools of their choice, and submit a plan describing steps needed to implement such mechanisms beginning in the 2025-26 school year. This…
- BIE-Eligible Families' Funding Options Review: benefit, low. Within 90 days of January 29, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior must review mechanisms for families of students eligible to attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools to use their Federal funding for educational options of their choice, and submit a plan to implement such options for the 202…

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## Sources
- [2025-02233 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/03/2025-02233/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families)
- [2025-02233 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-03/pdf/2025-02233.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02233 (as of 2026-11-04).