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Leaders of the Tennessee House and Senate say they are meeting privately to discuss compromises on two main bills that came directly from Gov. Bill Lee. But in public, negotiations haven’t yet drawn the chambers any closer together.
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Time is of the essence for lawmakers championing universal private school vouchers. Committees in both the state House and Senate this week put off considering proposals that would bring vouchers to families across Tennessee.
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After more than four hours, tense exchanges and numerous objections, a key House committee passed a sweeping, controversial school voucher bill on Wednesday. Meanwhile the Senate version cleared its first hurdle in the Education Committee with relative ease.
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Draft language has emerged — and disappeared — for Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher expansion proposal. The plan would offer $7,075 each to up to 20,000 Tennessee students beginning next school year to pay for direct and indirect costs of attending private school and some homeschools.
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Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand school vouchers statewide would offer $7,075 dollars in state funds per participant to pay for the costs of attending private school. A new report from the Education Trust in Tennessee finds that amount is more than the state is spending on public school students in more than one third of districts.
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Some members of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s own party have raised concerns about the statewide voucher program he proposed last week.
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Gov. Bill Lee announced his support Tuesday for expanding a controversial school voucher program to all income levels and areas of Tennessee. The program, which the Lee administration is calling “Education Freedom Scholarships” would give participating families a little over $7,000 to attend private school or homeschool.
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Gov. Bill Lee is set to announce his support for a statewide Education Savings Account program next year, expanding from three large counties to every school district in the state, according to two lawmakers.
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Tennessee’s school voucher program, allowing students to use public dollars to attend private schools, is rapidly increasing, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Education during its budget hearing held earlier this week.
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Students attending schools that don’t allow for 180 days of in-person learning could be eligible to attend a school of their choice the following year using a school voucher, if a legislative proposal passes.