Tennessee House, Senate education panels pass private-school vouchers • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee and Senate Education Committees passed the governor’s private school voucher program on Tuesday. By the end of the weekend, it will accelerate its first-year expenses of $455 million to the final vote. The senator voted 8-1 to send the action to the Finance Committee to be considered Wednesday. Senate majority leader Jack Johnson […]
Tennessee legislature puts hundreds of millions toward private-school vouchers • Tennessee Lookout
In one of the most enthusiastic questions in modern Tennessee’s political history, Congress has put a $430 million private voucher program that critics will grow rapidly to $1 billion and put the state’s budget at risk. I narrowly approved it. The House voted 54-44 to support Bill Lee’s voucher initiative, with 20 Republicans opposed the […]
