El Paso private hybrid school touts AI use, seeks accreditation for vouchers
El Paso private hybrid school touts AI use, seeks accreditation for vouchers
Publish Date: 2026-04-21 09:00:00
Source Domain: elpasomatters.org
An El Paso hybrid private school that is incorporating lessons on artificial intelligence is seeking accreditation, hoping to take advantage of the state’s new education savings account program that allows families to pay for tuition using state funds.
New Horizons Home School Academy, which has several campuses across El Paso, offers in-person and online classes to elementary, middle and high school students.
The school is being considered for accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, a nonprofit association that evaluates and accredits schools in the U.S. and internationally. Accrediting agencies regularly evaluate schools to make sure students are meeting set academic standards and provide a level of oversight to educational organizations that aren’t subject to state regulations. Some colleges, financial aid programs and employers also require applicants to have a diploma from an accredited high school.
New Horizons CEO Myrna Boyer said the school has been looking to earn accreditation for several years in anticipation that it would be able to receive state funding.
“We knew Texas would eventually come through with a form of voucher program,” Boyer said.
If approved, New Horizons could qualify to join the nearly 40 private schools in El Paso that are a part of the state’s voucher-like Texas Education Freedom Accounts program. The program gives families $10,500 per student a year to pay for private school tuition and other expenses, up to $30,000 a year for students with disabilities and $2,000 a year for homeschool students.
Tuition at New Horizons ranges from $3,700 a year for homeschool students to $5,300 for students who attend classes in person, according to its website. It also offers discounted tuition of $2,500 a year for additional siblings.
Myrna Boyer, founder and director of New Horizon Home School Academy, explains the unique curriculum which is drawn from various sources and is…
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