It’s official: Tennessee governor couples school vouchers, immigration in special session
Gov. Bill Lee issued a proclamation Friday afternoon making official his call for a special session aimed at passing his private-school voucher plan and creating a centralized immigration enforcement agency.
Tennessee Gov. Lee renews push for school vouchers, adds hurricane relief and immigration to effort
Republican Gov. Bill Lee is doubling down on his efforts to enact universal school vouchers throughout Tennessee.
Clinton City Schools Director opposes voucher bill ahead of special session
Governor Bill Lee formally called for a special session later this month to address school vouchers and disaster relief, among other topics.
Questions rise on Tennessee governor’s special session mix of school vouchers and storm relief
Gov. Bill Lee called a special session Wednesday for late January when Tennessee lawmakers will be asked to take up his private-school voucher bill, immigration measures and a plan to provide funding for hurricane-ravaged counties in Northeast Tennessee,
Tennessee governor announces special session for school voucher expansion
Gov. Bill Lee is calling a special legislative session focused on his latest effort to pass a statewide school voucher plan. Lee said the special session, which starts Jan. 27, will also include Hurricane Helene recovery efforts and "public safety measures related to illegal immigration.
Cedar Rapids KCRG-TV on MSN1h
School vouchers have smaller initial impact on Cedar Rapids Schools than expected
The Cedar Rapids School District says part of the reason it didn’t lose more students is because nonpublic schools in the ...
Arizona Capitol Times10h
Hobbs budget proposes eliminating school vouchers for affluent families
In unveiling her $17.65 billion spending plan for next fiscal year, Hobbs said that allowing the program that funds tuition ...
New Hampshire Public Radio19h
Should NH offer school vouchers to all families? Lawmakers will decide.
A proposal would allow every family to receive at least $4,265 per year to spend on educational expenses for each of their ...
KELOLAND News13h
Homeschool group against school vouchers
A homeschooling group in the state has been vocal in not supporting HB 1020, which would allocate $4 million for students to ...
Marketplace1d
Texas looks likely to pass school voucher legislation
Texas would join at least a dozen states already have universal voucher programs. Many more states offer limited school ...
School voucher debate in East TN
The bill, known as the Education Freedom Act, would offer 20,000 vouchers worth about $7,000 each in taxpayer funds to ...
Leon school board chair, a Republican, invites voucher advocate for 'healthy dialogue'
With the growing popularity of school choice vouchers, especially in the state capital, Leon County Schools Superintendent ...
Florida school voucher group under fire over student repayments
The State Board of Education has a long history of supporting school vouchers in Florida. As part of that program, it routinely has authorized two outside scholarship funding organizations to manage ...
Billionaires Swoop In to Fund Abbott’s Texas School-Voucher Push
Governor Greg Abbott has used Yass’s largesse to fund legislative challengers to fellow Republicans who warned Texas couldn’t ...