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Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school
Senate Bill 2 starts a new debate on a school voucher program in Texas. A funding proposal would allow up to 100,000 K-12 students who want to enroll to a private school to participate.
The 2025-26 application cycle for state-funded private school vouchers gets underway
Information for North Carolina parents interested in applying for an Opportunity Scholarship or ESA+ Scholarship.
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 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 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 ...
Tennessee opens session on school vouchers and Trump immigration push, as protests seek gun control
Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand ...
School board against Gov. Lee’s school voucher bill, unanimously approves resolution of opposition
The board questioned why school vouchers were included in the special session and not through the normal legislative process.
Lawmakers start special session covering school vouchers, Helene funding, illegal immigration
Lawmakers will again take up Governor Bill Lee’s education freedom act, which would send 20,000 students to private school ...
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Tennessee universal school vouchers would cost at least $1.1 billion in first 5 years, state projects
The governor and the legislature’s GOP leaders are seeking even more funding for the program’s first year than the ...
Disaster relief, school vouchers among topics to be discussed during special legislative session
The special legislative session is expected to address a number of topics, from school vouchers to immigration.
Texas budget writers want $1 billion for school vouchers, $5 billion for teacher pay raises
Both chambers are off to a fast start, with each unveiling its plan to guide state spending for the two-year budget cycle ...
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TN universal school vouchers would cost at least $1.1B in first 5 years, state projects
Gov. Bill Lee’s universal private school voucher plan, if approved by lawmakers in a special session that begins Monday, ...
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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 ...