States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on school funding Wednesday that fulfill promises he made on the campaign trail, including on school choice and ending funding for schools that support what the White House calls “radical indoctrination.

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it up for a floor vote.

A bill filed for school vouchers for Tennessee students has transitioned for a special session, finally mapping out the funding for how the initiative would even work.

: The Tennessee Senate voted to pass the school voucher bill on Thursday, meaning the bill will head to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.

The Education Freedom Scholarship Act will go to the House and Senate floors for a vote Thursday after soaring through every committee within the first few days of the special legislative session.

The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the Senate after hours of public testimony largely focused on whether the proposal would live up to its promise of prioritizing low-income families and children with disabilities.

The fate of Utah’s voucher program remains uncertain after a judge on Wednesday ordered the parties to return to court with more historical information to determine whether the state’s $82 million Utah Fits All scholarship program is constitutional.

Senate Bill 2 would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money to give some parents $10,000 vouchers to spend at private schools.

A universal school voucher bill passed through the Wyoming House of Representatives would make all families eligible for private school grants, paid for by the state, with little

“The drain of funds away from schools. Teachers are already strapped and under-supported and under financed and underpaid and we really just can’t afford to lose more funds. We’re already losing teachers,” says Bell.