The program is also designed to benefit some public school students, but public school advocates are skeptical.
Public school educators fear this will drive funding out of districts throughout the state.
Texas would join a growing number of states that have invested in private education in recent years.
Public schools’ funding partly depends on how many pupils are enrolled. Also, parents leaving the public system may be less willing to have their taxes pay for it.
Labour, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, wants to undo a tax exemption private schools have enjoyed for decades.
The educators behind the new cooperative model hope to take it to schools nationwide.
On many campuses, many graduate students plan to organize.
