NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill expanding the 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. Senators ...

Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who has criticized the federal government for "excessive overreach," said the U.S. Education ...

The school voucher program passed at the Tennessee State Capitol but not everyone is celebrating it becoming law.

Representative Rebecca Alexander and Senator Bobby Harshbarger voted no to Governor Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act, commonly referred to as the school voucher bill. Both lawmakers say ...

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The Tennessee General Assembly on Thursday voted to pass Gov. Bill Lee’s statewide expansion of school vouchers, otherwise known as the “Tennessee Education Freedom Act of 2025.” The bill outlines the ...

On Thursday, Jan. 30, the Tennessee House and Senate passed the proposed school choice program, a disaster relief package for ...

Lee spoke following Thursday's events of the special legislative session. Marianne Faithfull, British singer and Rolling ...

The new Education Freedom Scholarship program will offer 20,000 scholarships of about $7,300 to Tennessee students to attend ...

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 proposal failed to find support last year.