Tennessee Governor Seeks Major Education Overhaul, Proposes Universal School Choice Expansion

Published on November 28, 2023

In an announcement given much fanfare and a new website complete with high-quality testimonial videos from Tennessee parents, Republican Governor Bill Lee made it clear he wants to see school choice implemented statewide. School choice is the policy debate surrounding using public education funds to allow students to attend a range of alternatives to traditional public schools, which has become more widespread in the United States over the past few years. Mr. Lee, together with Republican Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, unveiled the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, a transformative approach to school choice in Tennessee that he hopes the state legislature, which consists of a Republican supermajority friendly to the governor, will pass next year....

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