School Voucher Bill Poised for Passage as Special Session Set to Wrap
About 80 percent of Arkansas vouchers went to kids already in private school.
Chairman Bo Watson and Vice Chairman John Stevens lead the Tennessee Senate Finance Committee, which voted 8-3 to advance Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher bill during its meeting on Wednesday. (Larry McCormack for Chalkbeat)
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