School Vouchers Are Back, With GOP Leaders On the Same Page
Next fall, 20,000 Tennessee students could get more than $7,000 for private school.
Gov. Bill Lee talks with students attending a summer learning program at Battle Academy, a public school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on June 18, 2024. His revised universal private school voucher proposal, which stalled in the state legislature in 2024, will go before lawmakers again in 2025. (Courtesy of the State of Tennessee)
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