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It was initially championed by economist [[Milton Friedman]] and his wife Rose in the late 1960s.

It was initially championed by economist [[Milton Friedman]] and his wife Rose in the late 1960s.

In 2025, [[Texas]] enacted school choice as pushed by Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and celebrated by his signing of SB2 in May:

In 2025, [[Texas]] enacted [[school]] choice as pushed by Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and celebrated by his signing of SB2 in May:

{{cquote|Senate Bill 2 (Creighton/Buckley) establishes an Education Savings Account program allowing eligible students to direct funding toward their choice of preapproved educational providers and services such as private school tuition, instructional materials, and educational therapies. With $1 billion in funding for the 2026-2027 school year, the program will be the largest day-one launch in the country.<ref>https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-landmark-school-choice-legislation-into-law#:~:text=Governor%20Greg%20Abbott%20today%20signed,deliver%20school%20choice%20for%20Texans.%E2%80%9D</ref>}}

{{cquote|Senate Bill 2 (Creighton/Buckley) establishes an Education Savings Account program allowing eligible students to direct funding toward their choice of preapproved educational providers and services such as private school tuition, instructional materials, and educational therapies. With $1 billion in funding for the 2026-2027 school year, the program will be the largest day-one launch in the country.<ref>https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-landmark-school-choice-legislation-into-law#:~:text=Governor%20Greg%20Abbott%20today%20signed,deliver%20school%20choice%20for%20Texans.%E2%80%9D</ref>}}

In 2023, as part of a trend of a growing school choice movement in the [[United States]] (particularly post conavirus pandemic), 20 states in the United States passed school choice legislation which has the potential to raise the quality of education in the United States due to more competition in schooling raising the quality of the education.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2806445/twenty-states-passed-school-choice-programs-last-year-why-havent-these-red-states/ Twenty states passed school choice programs last year. Why haven’t these red states?], Washington Examiner, 2024</ref> According to Investopedia: "[[Education]] tends to raise productivity and [[creativity]], as well as stimulate entrepreneurship and technological breakthroughs. All of these factors lead to greater output and economic growth."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/education-training-advantages.asp#:~:text=Education%20tends%20to%20raise%20productivity,greater%20output%20and%20economic%20growth. How Education and Training Affect the Economy]</ref> See: [[Labor productivity rate of the United States]]

In 2023, as part of a trend of a growing school choice movement in the [[United States]] (particularly post conavirus pandemic), 20 states in the United States passed school choice legislation which has the potential to raise the quality of education in the United States due to more competition in schooling raising the quality of the education.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2806445/twenty-states-passed-school-choice-programs-last-year-why-havent-these-red-states/ Twenty states passed school choice programs last year. Why haven’t these red states?], Washington Examiner, 2024</ref> According to Investopedia: "[[Education]] tends to raise productivity and [[creativity]], as well as stimulate entrepreneurship and technological breakthroughs. All of these factors lead to greater output and economic growth."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/education-training-advantages.asp#:~:text=Education%20tends%20to%20raise%20productivity,greater%20output%20and%20economic%20growth. How Education and Training Affect the Economy]</ref> See: [[Labor productivity rate of the United States]]