The Tennessee legislature approved Gov. Bill Lee's signature education initiative during a special legislative session.

According to the terms of the bill, 20,000 total “scholarships” would be available. Parents in Tennessee can receive about $7,000 in public taxpayer money to send their children to a private school if ...

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

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

: The Tennessee Senate voted to pass the school voucher bill on Thursday, meaning the bill will head to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.

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 ...

Newly elected Rep. Gabby Salinas (D-Memphis) passionately shared her story of becoming a naturalized citizen and coming to the U.S. for medical treatment as a child when her family was in a car ...

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 ...

In all, Tennessee leaders passed more than a billion dollars in new programs and projects, including school voucher expansion, new immigration enforcement laws and relief for East Tennessee.

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

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 ...