Video: The Year, a look back at the year since July 4, 2025

Abbott is confirmed to attend and will read the names of the 119 flood victims as the symphony performs Bach’s “Air on the G String,” dedicated to those lost and affected on July 4, 2025.

The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, or TEFA, was created by Senate Bill 2, the education savings account measure — a voucher-style plan critics call vouchers and supporters call school choice — that the Legislature passed and Gov. Greg Abbott signed in 2025, after years of resistance led largely by rural Republicans.

The nonprofit says it has directed more than $5 million into the local economy through its recovery work, funded largely by the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund — with 10 families still on its caseload.