Tennessee House, Senate education panels pass private-school vouchers
Tennessee House and Senate education committees passed the governor’s private-school voucher program Tuesday, speeding the $450 million first-year expense to final votes before week’s end. Senators voted 8-1 to send the measure to the finance committee to be considered Wednesday.
Texas senators fast-track school voucher bill for full vote
The Senate could vote on the proposal as soon as next week. Democrats on Tuesday criticized the bill saying it fails to prioritize the state’s neediest children.
Texas Senate school voucher plan gives students $10k to pay for private education
The proposal, a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott, budgets $1 billion over the next two years to fund the private school vouchers.
Special interests are pushing school vouchers in Tennessee. We must fight back. | Opinion
Tennessee General Assembly meets in a special session Monday, Jan. 27, to debate expanding Education Savings Account, or school vouchers, statewide.
School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education
Vouchers would let parents use public funds to pay for their kids’ private education. Learn about how they could work and the political battle around them.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is wrong to rush school vouchers in a special session. | Opinion
Tennessee parents, teachers and other stakeholders feel left out of Gov. Bill Lee's effort to pass universal school vouchers in a special session.
Tennessee Senate committee advances universal school voucher proposal
The director of Hawkins County Schools addressed the committee Tuesday, urging lawmakers to vote against the proposal.
Texas Senate begins 2025 debate over school vouchers
"The die has been cast. That fact is it's gonna pass," Sen. Royce West said during a Tuesday committee hearing. "The question is how you make it a better bill?"
Texas Senate school voucher proposal would give students $10,000 for private schooling
Senate Bill 2 would deliver the universal "school choice" program that Gov. Greg Abbott has been championing since the 2023 legislative session, when the proposal deeply divided Republicans, with some GOP House members joining Democrats to kill school voucher legislation.
Tennessee K-12 and higher education students will suffer due to school vouchers | Opinion
Tennessee General Assembly will consider a bill to expand school vouchers across the state. Lawmakers should reject it and invest in K-20 schools.
School vouchers fulfill a political agenda, but do not improve public education | Opinion
Tennessee's school vouchers proposal is wrong for the budget and for public education and public school children. Lawmakers should nix Gov. Lee's plan.
School choice vouchers are back in debate. What is in the proposal? | The Week in Politics
Also, former state Sen. Brian Kelsey filed a motion to vacate his campaign finance scheme charges. Here's what to know this ...
School vouchers a civil rights issue or ‘predatory lending’? Special session debate looms
School voucher advocates say it's a civil rights issue, while critics warn the programs elsewhere have led to significant ...
‘Discrepancies’ indicate dozens of Utah voucher recipients are enrolled in public school as lawmakers push for more voucher funding
As Utah lawmakers push to further fund the state’s $82 million school voucher program, Utah’s education leaders are quickly ...
Nebraska lawmakers making another push for school vouchers
State Sen. Tony Sorrentinto said Nebraska voters made a mistake in turning down "school choice" twice before, and said he'll ...
The Oak Ridger on MSN1d
On school vouchers, Rep. Fritts tells Oak Ridge audience: 'I'm a hard "no"'
State Rep. Monty Fritts was only legislator representing Oak Ridge that came to Oak Ridge League of Women Voters event.
Tennessee Republicans push vouchers to brink of passage: What lawmakers did Tuesday
In the first full day of committees during Tennessee's special legislative session, Republicans pushed an expanded school ...
Tennessee Opens Session on School Vouchers and Trump Immigration Push, as Protests Seek Gun Control
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse has begun considering Gov. Bill Lee's push for more school voucher access ...
Texas Monthly1d
This Innovative Program Proves You Don’t Need Vouchers to Create Real School Choice
What would it look like to give students more options? In South Texas and elsewhere, collaborations among rural districts ...