Eight years later, it’s time for Congress to deliver on school choice
It’s been eight years since President Trump’s first State of the Union address, a moment that marked a personal milestone and ...
Legislation allowing schools to refuse to enroll undocumented students moves forward on committee calendar
The Tennessee Senate Education Committee will discuss a bill that could allow local education agencies and public charter ...
Sullivan Co. BOE approves voucher program provision that provides one-time teacher bonus
The Sullivan County Board of Education (BOE) unanimously passed a resolution connected to Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act, commonly referred to ...
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Lawmakers agree that Tennessee has a childcare accessibility problem. Here's how they want to fix it.
Access to childcare in Tennessee has become such a problem, it became a focal point in Governor Bill Lee's State of the State ...
Tennessee House passes bill banning classroom cell phone use, one Senate vote remains
A bill requiring Tennessee school districts to ban use of cell phones and devices in classrooms passed the House of ...
School voucher voter polls vary in Tennessee, many legislative candidates skirt the issue
Vouchers have gained support through the years but surveys of voter attitudes don’t necessarily bear out Gov. Bill Lee's ...
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Sen. Joey Hensley offers round-up of bills proposed during legislative session
Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, gives a weekly update in legislation in the 114th General Assembly.
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Here are the charter operators applying to open or run schools in Tennessee in 2026-27
Charter school operators have applied to operate 13 schools in five Tennessee school systems beginning in the fall of 2026 ...
Charter schools would get more options for bypassing local approval under Tennessee bill
Charter school operators would have more options to bypass local school board approval under a proposal backed by Gov. Bill Lee.
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Education Freedom Act will give parents choice, boost public schools | Opinion
The Education Freedom Act, aims to provide Tennessee parents with more choices in their children’s education while ...
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$1B for roads, $579M for schools and no tax breaks: What's in Lee’s $58.4B budget pitch
Bill Lee unveiled ... 579.3M new funding for public schools Lee's budget proposes a $244 million funding increase for the state's K-12 funding structure, known as the Tennessee Investment in ...
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Tennessee governor revives farm conservation bill with $25 million fund
Tennessee state Sen. Steve Southerland was stripped of his post as chair of the senate agriculture committee after opposing a 2024 bill by Gov. Bill Lee designed to slow down the development of ...