Education Freedom Scholarship Act

1 Jul, 2025

Tennessee is not tracking how many vouchers will go to existing private school students

By |2025-07-02T08:33:26-05:00July 1, 2025|Categories: Legislature, schools|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Tennessee is not tracking how many of its new education vouchers to attend private schools go to students already in private schools as opposed to those in public schools. It stands alone among states in preventing that information from reaching the public and keeps hidden an important policy outcome in the program.

21 Jan, 2025

Does the governor’s new voucher bill provide enough transparency?

By |2025-02-01T07:35:34-06:00January 21, 2025|Categories: Legislature, schools, state records|Tags: , , |0 Comments

The governor's voucher bill, called the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, would provide money, beginning next year at $7,075, for students in private schools to use toward their education. But the bill is not like the pilot voucher plan that the governor started a few years back in Davidson, Shelby and, later, Hamilton counties. And it has no requirements for measuring outcomes, such as how many vouchers go to children already in private schools.

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