Senate Bill 2 would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money to give some parents $10,000 vouchers to spend at private schools.
Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on ...
The new Education Freedom Scholarship program will offer 20,000 scholarships of about $7,300 to Tennessee students to attend a school of their choice.
The Tennessee House attached an amendment to the proposal requiring local school boards to approve the program in order to access $2,000 bonuses for teachers.
An East Tennessee Republican admitted Monday to being pressured to vote for the governor’s private school voucher bill as the legislature speeds the measure toward a vote. “Oh, you wouldn’t believe,” ...
who are bankrolling Republican leaders to push school vouchers. Ultra-wealthy conservatives have made dismantling public education their mission, even descending upon Washington ready to disband ...
whose associated School Freedom Fund PAC spent $3.6 million in August seeking to flip five legislative seats pro-voucher, recently wrote an opinion column openly threatening to primary GOP ...
Greg Abbott has been championing since the 2023 legislative session, when the proposal deeply divided Republicans, with some GOP House members joining Democrats to kill school voucher legislation.
Governor Greg Abbott appears confident that school vouchers will pass. But the bipartisan election of Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows over hard-right opponent David Cook may throw a wrench ...
Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s persistent opposition to rural Republican House members and a fourth special legislative session, a bipartisan majority defeated school vouchers (called education ...