News & Updates

Funding Timelines and Installments

Learn when TEFA funds will be deposited, important enrollment deadlines, installment schedules, and how waitlist awards may affect funding.

Destiny shows how a TEFA award will help reduce financial stress and open new educational opportunities for their family.

The Comptroller’s office has awarded additional Texas Education Freedom Accounts™ to students who were initially placed on the waitlist.

For Sarah, education freedom meant more than just another option — it meant her daughters’ dream of Catholic high school was within reach.

Read these guidelines to help schools in this process of setting tuition and fees and confirming student enrollment.

Behind every application is a real student, a real family, and real hopes for the future. Meet Ellie.

I’m on the waitlist. What’s next?

The TEFA program has completed the lottery process to determine additional award recipients and establish the waitlist for the 2026–27 school year.