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(AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced today that more than 42,000 students applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) on Feb. 4, the first day of the program’s launch. The total represents a nationwide record for most enrollments for day one of a new school choice program, surpassing Tennessee’s 33,000 student applications in 2025.

(AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced today the successful launch of the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program. Shortly after noon, more than 20,000 students had applied for the largest year-one school choice initiative in the nation, including nearly 8,000 in the first hour.