Jan 31, 2025 · The Tennessee General Assembly approved the Tennessee Universal School Voucher program on Thursday after a four-day session. Governor Bill Lee called the special session to focus on this legislation to expand school choice and offer voucher programs for K-12 students across the state.

The standard submission of the application for the 2025-26 school year is via the online application. If you wish to download, print, complete, and mail your application or submit it in person, please contact a member of the ESA Applications team to …

Jan 31, 2025 · Education Freedom Act of 2025 will offer 20,000 scholarships or vouchers worth about $7,296 each in taxpayer funds to students statewide to attend Category I-III state-accredited private...

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 31, 2025 · Parents in Tennessee can receive about $7,000 in public taxpayer money to send their children to a private school if they so choose. Half of those scholarships will have an income limit.

Jan 9, 2024 · 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...

Jan 30, 2025 · Tennessee lawmakers pass $447M school voucher program in major win for Gov. Bill Lee Led by the GOP supermajority, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a sweeping expansion to school choice in ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Vouchers will be back under consideration by Tennessee lawmakers in 2025, with tweaks from last year's failed bill. While core elements of the proposal are similar to the unsuccessful voucher...

School Choice in Tennessee. Tennessee offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including three private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, home schooling and inter-district and intra-district public …

Jan 30, 2025 · Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.