Gov. Greg Abbott said public schools could lose funding when parents pick private schools, but then says public schools won't lose any funding.

Gina Hinojosa, a former president of the Austin school board, posted an interactive on X through which users can find out whether local school districts would lose money if the legislation Gov. Greg Abbott calls "school choice" is enacted this year.

$11,050 is the average tuition among all K-12 private schools in Texas. $10,729 is the average cost of tuition at private elementary schools. $12,161 is the average cost of tuition at secondary schools.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may have given lawmakers opposing school choice a sounding board to rally further support against sending taxpayer dollars to private and parochial schooling. Earlier this week,