Across the county, in Texas, and here at home, fewer students are being enrolled in public schools, and experts expect the trend to continue.
The families of more than 256,000 students have applied for school vouchers, but only around 90,000 to 100,000 students are expected to get any money.
Under the new initiative, HISD will allow non-profit organizations to run four high schools they say are top-performing, paving the way for the district to take a more hands-off approach to school funding and operations.
Of the more than 160,000 families who have already applied for Texas's new school voucher program, data shows that 76% said they were not already in the public school system.
Houston ISD officials are expected to finalize plans on Thursday to close 12 schools in the district.
District leaders propose spending $2 million on HISD Now in the 2025-26 district improvement plan, an in-house communication project that creates content produced by in-house employees.