Texas families have until July 15 to opt into the new ESA program, plus a Charlotte Mason trick to stop the summer reading slide.
Show Notes
Texas homeschool families face a July 15 deadline to opt into the state's new Education Savings Account program, which offers homeschoolers up to $2,000 a year, but state money can come with strings. Then a practical, do-it-today Charlotte Mason method for beating the summer reading slide.
In this episode:
• Texas's new ESA program and the July 15 opt-in deadline, with a caution to read the fine print.
• How to beat the summer slide with "strewing" and reading aloud, the Charlotte Mason way.
• Your Homeschool Win: set one living book on the kitchen table tonight, no announcement, no assignment.
Links:
• Texas launches school vouchers (Texas Tribune): https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/04/texas-launches-school-vouchers-esa-choice/
• How Texas parents can apply (CBS Texas): https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-applications-for-education-savings-account-program/
• HSLDA on Connecticut's new homeschool law: https://hslda.org/post/homeschool-freedom-takes-a-hit-after-wave-of-bad-legislation
• Charlotte Mason Nature Study and living books (AmblesideOnline): https://www.amblesideonline.org/nature-study
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