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education savings account

Students across Tennessee can now apply for the expanded school voucher program

Camellia Burris

May 15, 2025

Families across Tennessee can now use public money for private school education. Applications for the state’s school voucher program open today.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, Education Freedom Act, education savings account, hamilton county, school vouchers, shelby county, vouchers

Tennessee’s new school voucher expansion is part of ‘conservative education revolution’

Alexis Marshall

November 28, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee announced his support Tuesday for expanding a controversial school voucher program to all income levels and areas of Tennessee. The program would give participating families a little over $7,000 to attend private school or homeschool.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Cheatham County, Education, education savings account, Gov. Bill Lee, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, school choice, school vouchers, Tennessee Education Association

Despite slow school voucher rollout, some Tennessee families have been scrambling to get them

Damon Mitchell

August 16, 2022

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Not a single Nashville or Memphis family has been approved to participate in Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program, also referred to as school vouchers. The controversial program received the go-ahead from a panel of judges just this month.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: education savings account, school vouchers, tennessee department of education

Tennessee’s embattled school voucher program gets the go-ahead from a panel of judges

Damon MitchellandCaroline Eggers

August 7, 2022

A three-judge panel has given the green light to Tennessee’s controversial Education Savings Account program. The decision came down after a lengthy court hearing Friday.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: education savings account, school vouchers, tennessee department of education

Tennessee’s new vouchers could shake up public schools, but as classes resume it’s still wait-and-see

Damon Mitchell

August 3, 2022

It’s unlikely that Nashville public schools will face an exodus of students because of Tennessee’s Education Savings Account Program anytime soon. In addition to Metro Schools, ESAs are open to students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the Achievement School District.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: education savings account, school vouchers, tennessee department of education

Tennessee’s school voucher program is back in court Aug. 5, days before school starts

Damon Mitchell

July 26, 2022

Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program will be heading back to court on Aug. 5. A motion for a temporary injunction to stop the roll-out was filed by the Shelby and Davidson County governments.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, education savings account, school vouchers

After a 3-year legal battle, the state Supreme Court says a school voucher program can launch in Nashville and Memphis

Blaise Gainey

May 18, 2022

The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who has been pushing for school vouchers.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Education, education savings account, Herbert Slatery, John Cooper, Metro Government, public schools, school vouchers, shelby county, Tennessee Supreme Court

Appeals Court Deals Another Blow To Tennessee School Voucher Program

Rachel IacovoneandSamantha Max

September 29, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at a press conference.

Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Savings Account program has, once again, been ruled unconstitutional. The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling on the controversial plan to offer vouchers to students for private school tuition.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, education savings account, school vouchers

Tennessee Supreme Court Declines To Hear School Voucher Case, In A Blow For The Program

Emily SinerandSergio Martínez-Beltrán

June 4, 2020

This means the fight over school vouchers will proceed in the Court of Appeals, and the state will be unable to process voucher applications or make any awards for the time being.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Bill Lee, education savings account, school vouchers

Court Of Appeals Says Tennessee’s School Voucher Program Cannot Be Implemented While Case Is Pending

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

May 19, 2020

The Tennessee Court of Appeals decided Tuesday that the state’s school voucher program cannot be implemented until the state’s appeal is resolved.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: education savings account, school vouchers

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