Thousands of Tennessee public school students living in poverty are currently excluded from the state’s definition of economically disadvantaged. A bill moving through the General Assembly could expand that definition and protect state funding for students from low income backgrounds.
Tennessee Republicans want to drop all enrollment caps and expand eligibility to the state’s initial voucher program, effectively merging Tennessee’s two voucher programs as Gov. Bill Lee pushes lawmakers to provide state dollars to all families who applied to the Education Freedom Scholarships program this year.
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