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March Madness, legislature edition: What the Governor's budget amendment means for unfunded bills
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If a Tennessee lawmaker has a bill that requires state funding, Tuesday was a day circled on their ...
Democratic TN bill to require voucher schools to take part in state testing fails in House subcommittee
A Democratic bill to require state testing for private schools in Tennessee's universal school voucher program failed in a ...
Abbott asserts Legislature will pass school vouchers but keeps making sales pitch to Texans
The Texas House Public Education Committee is expected to pass the lower chamber's version of a school voucher bill next week ...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee files a $343M budget update. Here’s what’s in the plan.
Gov. Bill Lee rolled out a $343 million amendment. That brings his total budget proposal this year to $59.76 billion.
Texas speaker says House has more than enough votes to pass school vouchers
Dustin Burrows said the legislation would clear a committee early next week and be on the House floor “very soon thereafter — ...
No money for state grocery tax cut included in Gov. Bill Lee’s budget
Tennesseans will have to wait longer for tax relief at the grocery store, as the governor did not include a grocery tax cut ...
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The School Privatization Movement Is Broadly Unpopular
When the Texas state House education committee held a hearing on a proposed voucher bill on March 11, parent Hollie Plemons ...
Democratic lawmakers warn 'emergency rules' passed Thursday for universal school vouchers could lead to fraud and abuse
Among many concerns, the plans say families would need to effectively waive their right for students with disabilities to get ...
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Watkins and Reichman talk green energy, trouble at ISP and more during legislative forum
Attendees got to hear from Southeast Iowa’s newest state representative as well as state Sen. Jeff Reichman during a ...
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Texas ‘school choice’ legislation could trigger influx of students to Catholic schools
The measure would create education savings accounts (ESAs) of about $10,893 per student and allow home schooling families to ...
Here are all the Shelby County private schools so far that plan to accept vouchers (updated)
The State of Tennessee has published a list of 176 schools that plan to participate in the new universal voucher program — ...
Trump's school choice push adds to momentum in statehouses
More than a dozen states in the past two years have launched or expanded programs that allow families to use taxpayer dollars to send their students to private schools. Now, President Donald Trump and ...