5 hours ago · 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.

1 day ago · In mid-January, Gov. Lee called for a special session for his proposed school choice program, a disaster relief package for those affected by Hurricane Helene, and prepare the state for President ...

2 days ago · Tennessee House and Senate education committees passed the governor’s private-school voucher program Tuesday, speeding the $450 million first-year expense to final votes before week’s end. Senators voted 8-1 to send the measure to the finance committee to be considered Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, a Franklin Republican carrying the bill for Gov. Bill Lee, told […]

Nov 6, 2024 · A new fight over school choice is already brewing, as Republican leaders on Wednesday filed a new proposal to offer publicly funded vouchers for 20,000 Tennessee students to attend private...

3 hours ago · Groups both for and against school vouchers are reacting after the Tennessee General Assembly passed the “Tennessee Education Freedom Act.”

3 hours ago · Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income, a long-sought victory for ...

Nov 28, 2023 · Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee proposed a new statewide school choice program on Tuesday to offer taxpayer-funded grants to 20,000 students to attend private or home schools of their choice – and open...

Tennessee offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including two private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, home schooling and inter-district and intra-district public school choice via an open enrollment policy.

Nov 28, 2023 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee presented the Education Freedom Scholarship Act of 2024, his administration’s legislative proposal to establish statewide universal school choice, alongside members of the General Assembly, Tennessee families and education stakeholders.

Tennessee public schools educate students throughout 147 school districts and more than 1,700 public schools across the state. To find contact information for a district or school, search the school directory.