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Gov. Bill Lee has called a special legislative session for Jan. 27 to deal with school vouchers, ... Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher bill could cost $400M: Here's what's in it.
Governor Bill Lee's school voucher bill passed the Education Committee (17 for, 7 against) after its second consideration in the House on Tuesday.
Tennessee isn’t asking where the participants were enrolled before, so it won’t know how many vouchers are going to existing ...
Responding to criticism about Tennessee’s applications for private-school vouchers, Gov. Bill Lee said this week the state doesn’t need to know whether students were enrolled in private schools before ...
N ASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Gov. Bill Lee will call a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly to address school vouchers and disaster relief, among other topics.
Tennessee's new school voucher program has raised concerns among some Democratic and Republican lawmakers, as the state isn't ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Governor Bill Lee’s school voucher bill, the Education Freedom Act, is moving quickly through the special session. The $500 million plan would give 20,000 students ...
Tennessee launched applications in mid-May for the program, which will provide 20,000 students with about $7,295 to spend at ...
Tennessee Republican Rep. Jody Barrett didn’t vote with his party when the Education Freedom Scholarship passed, and now that ...
Gov. Lee visited Knoxville and took questions on school vouchers as applications surpassed 33,000 for 20,000 spots in the $7,000-per-student program.