10 hours ago · Education Freedom Act of 2025 will offer 20,000 scholarships or vouchers worth about $7,296 each in taxpayer funds to students statewide to attend Category I-III state-accredited private schools.

R epublican lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a $447 million statewide publicly funded school voucher program — a long-sought victory for Gov. Bill Lee and a host of school choice ...

1 day ago · The bill will provide 20,000 education freedom scholarships — Lee’s brand of school voucher — worth roughly $7,200 to students and leaves the program open-ended to expand after that. “Thanks to the General Assembly and to thousands of Tennesseans who have worked so hard, universal school choice is now a reality for Tennessee families ...

1 day ago · The bill heads to Lee for his almost-certain signature. Tennessee would join a dozen other states that have eliminated traditional strict income requirements for families seeking to access public dollars to fund alternatives to public education for their children. ... The push to expand school vouchers comes as Republicans across the country ...

N ASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Both the Senate and House of Representatives have passed Gov. Bill Lee’s statewide expansion of school vouchers, otherwise known as the “Tennessee Education ...

3 days ago · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — We now know more about how Governor Bill Lee plans to pay for his school vouchers bill. The issue is one of three being debated during a special session of the ...

1 day ago · With both the Senate and the House passing the school vouchers bill, it requires only Governor Bill Lee’s signature to become law. Lee was the creator of the legislation and called the special ...

Jan 16, 2025 · As filed, Lee's bill would fund 20,000 private school scholarships of just over $7,000 each, offer every public school teacher in the state a one-time bonus of $2,000, create a dedicated fund for ...

2 days ago · Gov. Bill Lee’s private school voucher bill on Wednesday cleared the committee level in a special legislative session, setting the stage for votes this week by the full House and Senate.

Jan 9, 2024 · Gov. Bill Lee has proposed a statewide taxpayer-funded school voucher program. If approved, it would eventually allow any student, regardless of family income or location, to attend a private...