The governor hopes to launch the program for 20,000 students by the next school year, a tight deadline for the state to meet.

Charter school operators would have more options to bypass local school board approval under a proposal backed by Gov. Bill Lee.

Gov. Bill Lee will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that ...

"I've long believed we can have the best public schools and give parents a choice in their child's education, regardless of income or ZIP code," said Bill Lee.

There's been a wave of school chaplain bills in red states, which has fueled fierce backlash about religious overreach in ...

(WJHL) — Both the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate passed Governor Bill Lee’s controversial Education Freedom Act of 2025, commonly referred to as school vouchers, on Thursday.

Lee said the program would 'change the future of Tennessee forever'. Gov. Bill Lee signed his long-awaited private school voucher program into law on Wednesday but would not commit to using a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that would expand Tennessee's school voucher program is heading to Gov. Bill Lee's desk after lawmakers passed it on the fourth day of a special session in Nashville.

In Tennessee, multiple local school boards passed resolutions stating ... a resolution opting in to the bonus section of the voucher bill. The requirement was added after a number of school ...

Rep. William Lamberth R- Portland speaks in support of the school Voucher bill during the fourth day of special session at the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday ...

It will take effect as soon as he signs it, allowing the Tennessee Department ... mechanisms for the voucher bill, appropriations issues and how exactly public schools will maintain current ...