$1,006,958,766 from the General Fund through 2027

$11,034,966,294 from the General Fund through 2030, over $11B with an assumed “savings” of $1,585,483,162 to the Foundation School Fund

Equaling an additional cost to taxpayers of $9,449,483,132 in only the first 5 years

Grows government jobs by 42 positions, 6 at TEA & 36 in the Comptroller’s Office with an estimated median salary of $133K/yr

Should SB2 pass it is set to begin in the 2026/27 school year

TEA assumes only 98,000 students will leave public school & 42,000 homeschool students will participate in the ESA program in a private school by 2030. A total of 140,000 students not already in private school will be served by 2030 for a total cost to taxpayers of almost $9.5B

TEA assumes that 322,000 homeschool families will participate in the $2k ESA program by 2030, a new cost to taxpayers of $644M

TEA assumes that 245,000 students already attending private school will apply for an ESA by 2030 which is almost double the amount of public and homeschool students that will apply, a new cost to taxpayers of $2,450,000,000 in only the first 5 years 

TEA assumes that there are currently 350k students in Texas private schools and by 2030 245k of those students would be using an ESA leaving only 105k students in non-government private schools, this is the government takeover of private schools

TEA assumes it will cost taxpayers $26,400,000 through 2026 to implement the ESA program