Jan 31, 2025 · House and Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a $447 million statewide school choice program, offering state-funded scholarships for children to attend private schools without regard to their...

Jan 31, 2025 · Despite pushback from 20 Republican lawmakers and others who fear Tennessee’s public schools — which consistently rank in the bottom half of schools nationwide — will suffer from a loss of funding and competition from fly-by-night private schools that seek to benefit from the available funding, the state legislature passed the voucher ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Republican lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a $447 million statewide publicly funded school voucher program — a long-sought victory for Gov. Bill Lee and a host of school choice...

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...

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.

Dec 13, 2024 · Here's all you need to know about the new vouchers proposal under consideration early next year. Who would be eligible for a school voucher? If approved without amendments, SB1 / HB1 would allow...

Jan 30, 2025 · Parents across Tennessee will soon be able to put taxpayer dollars toward the cost of attending private school. State lawmakers Thursday narrowly voted to expand Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher program statewide, less than a year after a similar measure failed.. Under the Education Freedom Act, families can use taxpayer dollars to cover the cost of K-12 private …

Feb 4, 2025 · The expanded school choice program will kick off in the 2025-2026 school year with 20,000 scholarships available for Tennessee students. Half of the vouchers are set aside for students with ...

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.

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.