Despite making “tremendous progress” toward implementing a school choice program in Tennessee, Republicans ultimately failed to come to an agreement during negotiations on two different versions of school choice measures that had been put forward in the state’s House and Senate.
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee, who had pushed for the state’s legislature to pass school choice legislation, said on Monday that families “will have to wait yet another year for the freedom to choose the right education for their child.” The state’s 2024 legislative session ends this week, and a new General Assembly will be sworn in after the elections this fall.
“I am extremely disappointed for the families who will have to wait yet another year for the freedom to choose the right education for their child, especially when there is broad agreement that now is the time to bring…
