Double the Education Freedom Scholarship (school voucher) program to a total of 40,000 scholarships for the 2026-27 school year.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Double the Education Freedom Scholarship (school voucher) program to a total of 40,000 scholarships for the 2026-27 school year.”
Sources
- Office of Governor Bill Lee, State of Tennessee (tn.gov)https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2026/2/2/gov-lee-delivers-2026-state-of-the-state-address.html ↗
“$155 million to deliver school choice to even more Tennessee families in the 2026-27 school year by doubling Education Freedom Scholarships, bringing the total number of scholarships in the program to 40,000”