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 legislature’s Republican supermajority left little room for debate, pushing through millions of dollars and sprawling policy changes in a special session that lasted just four days.

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 ...

UPDATE: This article has been updated to reflect the state’s projected finance impact of private-school vouchers. A Tennessee Republican lawmaker is making light of Gov. Bill Lee’s private-school ...

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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand school voucher access and find ways to embrace ...