States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.
Alison Stooksbury has three children who attend a private school in Knoxville. “It would open up the door to so many other families no matter where they’re coming from so I lo
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it up for a floor vote.
The Tennessee House attached an amendment to the proposal requiring local school boards to approve the program in order to access $2,000 bonuses for teachers.
The fate of Utah’s voucher program remains uncertain after a judge on Wednesday ordered the parties to return to court with more historical information to determine whether the state’s $82 million Utah Fits All scholarship program is constitutional.
The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the Senate after hours of public testimony largely focused on whether the proposal would live up to its promise of prioritizing low-income families and children with disabilities.
As Utah lawmakers push to further fund the state’s $82 million school voucher program, Utah’s education leaders are quickly trying to understand why at least 177 students known to have been awarded vouchers seem to be enrolled in public schools.
The Senate sponsor defended the voucher proposal against critics who said it favors affluent families: “It shouldn’t be based on income. It should be universal.”
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Groups both for and against school vouchers are reacting after the Tennessee General Assembly passed the "Tennessee Education Freedom Act."
The bill would effectively allow public money to be used by families across the state to pay for private education costs. It will now head to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.