School Voucher Plan Dead for the Year
"...we could not come together at the end."
Gov. Bill Lee made passage of education savings accounts, a type of school voucher, the signature legislative goal of his first year in office and proposed creating a statewide school voucher program in 2024. (TN.gov)
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