Private school vouchers and other school choice initiatives would expand under an order coming from President Donald Trump telling government agencies to repurpose federal dollars.

It's not yet clear how much the Trump administration can do without Congress to prioritize money for school choice programs.

One order also reinstates the 1776 Commission that Trump created during his first term in office to promote patriotic education.

Trump signed orders Wednesday to punish schools for teaching about race and gender, promote school choice, and facilitate deportation for some campus protesters.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders to promote parental choice in school selection and end federal funding for curricula that he called the "indoctrination" of students in "anti-American" ideologies on race and gender.

In a letter to school districts, universities, and others on Jan. 31, the Education Department said it would reinstate Trump’s Title IX regulations from his first term, dropping an effort from the Biden administration to expand the rules to offer more protections to LGBTQ+ students.

President Trump will attend a school choice roundtable at the White House on Friday, just two days after signing an executive order to give more support to the programs.   “The White House is

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to find ways to favor school choice programs.

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The bill would give an estimated 35,000 public school students $10,000 to $11,000 each in "Education Savings Accounts."

Proponents of education savings accounts (ESA) will have a close eye on Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State address on Sunday evening where he is likely to declare school choice an emergency item, allowing the Texas Senate to pass its ESA legislation as early as next week.