Expanding state-funded school choice options will be a key policy debate in the Tennessee legislature this year.
Gov. Bill Lee has proposed a statewide taxpayer-funded school voucher program. If approved, it would eventually allow any student, regardless of family income or location, to attend a private school of their choice and use a scholarship funded with state dollars to help do so.
It’s a controversial idea. Here are some things to know.School vouchers, which are offered to a limited number of students in Tennessee right now through the existing Education Savings Account program, allow families to use taxpayer dollars to offset the costs of private schooling.
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