2024 was supposed to be the year that Tennessee enacted school choice with Republicans in full control of the legislature and governor’s office. But it fell short.
Nearly everyone publicly supported school choice in principle, but the Senate and House came into the last legislative session with dramatically different school choice bills. They never came to a consensus on the bill’s final language, and the clock ran out. As lawmakers gather on Tuesday for the start of this year’s session, they have renewed optimism based on lessons learned.
In November, Republican leadership in the House and Senate introduced identical legislation, known as the “Education Freedom Scholarship Act,” backed by Republican Governor Bill Lee that will create 20,000 scholarships of around $7,000 that can be used for tuition at private schools.
In an interview on school choice with The Daily…
