Tennessee's taxpayer-funded vouchers, known as Education Freedom Scholarships, help families pay for private school.

When the so-called Education Freedom Scholarship program passed in 2025, it created 20,000 vouchers for students, each worth ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — School choice has been the cornerstone of Gov. Bill Lee’s agenda. A statewide voucher program successfully made it through the legislature during a special session in January ...

Last year, 5,500 Shelby County students got about $45 million in public funding to use at private schools by participating in the state’s two major school voucher initiatives. Even more vouchers could ...

Some state lawmakers want to expand Tennessee's school voucher program amid what they describe as a rise in demand.The ...

Critics say most of the Tennessee scholarships went to students already in private schools.

The first-ever review of one of Tennessee's private school voucher programs, known as Education Savings Accounts, flagged ...

As Tennessee heads into a financially strained and politically charged legislative session, Gov. Bill Lee is racing the clock ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — A group of public school students' parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new statewide school voucher program, saying that allocating nearly $150 ...

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