Key Republican to push statewide expansion of Tennessee's school voucher program
The Education Savings Account program allows qualifying students in Davidson, Shelby, and Hamilton counties to attend private schools.
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The Education Savings Account program allows qualifying students in Davidson, Shelby, and Hamilton counties to attend private schools.
Though lawmakers have drafted a bill to increase public school funding and issue teacher raises, they cannot pass during the special session unless Abbott adds them to his agenda. Teachers were the only state employees to not receive a raise in the regular session.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs spoke out Tuesday against the school voucher program.
Opinion: The response by Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican legislators to this week's bad budget news is appalling (and totally expected).
Notably, the agenda doesn’t mention school funding or teacher pay raises, both of which were priorities during the regular session.