The governor hopes to launch the program for 20,000 students by the next school year, a tight deadline for the state to meet.
The Tennessee legislature approved Gov. Bill Lee's signature education initiative during a special legislative session.
Charter school operators would have more options to bypass local school board approval under a proposal backed by Gov. Bill Lee.
Gov. Bill Lee will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that ...
The amendment also created a “funding floor,” which Republicans said would ensure school districts wouldn’t lose Tennessee ... bill that says the majority of the students likely to use the ...
There's been a wave of school chaplain bills in red states, which has fueled fierce backlash about religious overreach in ...
Bill Lee’s statewide expansion of school vouchers, otherwise known as the “Tennessee Education Freedom Act of 2025.” The legislation was passed after hours of debate on both sides of the ...
It will take effect as soon as he signs it, allowing the Tennessee Department of Education ... the room over the funding mechanisms for the voucher bill, appropriations issues and how exactly public ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill expanding the Tennessee's school voucher program is heading to Gov. Bill Lee's desk after lawmakers passed it on the fourth day of a special session in Nashville.
"I've long believed we can have the best public schools and give parents a choice in their child's education, regardless of ...
Tennessee lawmakers ... A number of private schools already administer the TCAP each year. For those that do, the bill requires the state to collect a sampling of voucher-recipient’s TCAP ...