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Corrections and updates (as of October 3, 2026)Texas ESA: Texas Education Freedom Accounts actually fund students for the first time this school year, 2026-27. Homeschool students get $2,000 a year. Check the official site for next year's dates.Maryland and Iowa: I described these funding bills as moving through committee right now. Both states' 2026 legislative sessions ended in the spring. Iowa's homeschool tax credit didn't make the list of bills that passed, and I couldn't find any record of Maryland's HB 1204 passing. Watch for them to come back next session.Ten Commandments case: I said an appeal to the Supreme Court was planned. It's already happened: the ACLU and Texas families asked the Supreme Court to review the case on August 17, 2026. The Court hasn't said yet whether it will take it. I'll share updates as they come.

Sources: NCES, public school enrollment projections: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cga/public-school-enrollment K-12 Dive, birth rate decline (citing Bellwether): https://www.k12dive.com/news/where-and-why-public-school-enrollment-keeps-declining/826269/ New Hampshire HB 1268 (NHPR): https://www.nhpr.org/education/2026-07-13/ayotte-signs-bill-loosening-homeschooling-requirements Texas Education Freedom Accounts (official site): https://educationfreedom.texas.gov/ Iowa 2026 session recap (Iowa Capital Dispatch): https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/05/04/the-2026-legislative-session-is-over-heres-what-passed-failed-and-what-is-already-iowa-law/ https://machemd.org/legislative-update-what-maryland-homeschoolers-need-to-know/ https://hslda.org/post/hb-5468 https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/03/gov-brad-little-signs-public-school-moment-of-silence-bill-into-law/ https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/split-fifth-circuit-oks-texas-ten-commandments-in-classroom-law https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/supreme-court-asked-to-review-texas-law-requiring-the-ten-commandments-in-public-schools https://ballotpedia.org/State_policies_on_cellphone_use_in_K-12_public_schools https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB108/text/CHAP0331