Effort to end TCAP testing in voucher program fails in Senate, for now

A bill to end TCAP testing for ESA voucher students failed in the Senate on April 22. Sen. Jack Johnson called the TCAP ...

Tennessee to Expand Voucher Program to 35,000 Students Next Year

One year after it launched a universal school voucher program, Tennessee will nearly double the program with 15,000 additional vouchers, directing about $260 million in public funds to private schools ...
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Tenn. Republicans try last-minute maneuver to expand school voucher programs — it's failed, for now

Last-minute maneuvers to expand Tennessee's school voucher programs stalled after a Senate bill failed by one vote. But the ...

More than 270,000 students applied to Texas' school voucher program. Most will be turned away.

Texas private school vouchers will likely go only to low-income students or students with disabilities because the demand is far higher than the available supply, officials say.
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Tennessee rolls back testing requirements in early voucher program

Students in Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program will no longer have to take state standardized tests. The tests ...

Tennessee lawmakers look to expand low-income student voucher program

Tennessee’s legislature is considering a massive expansion of the state’s first private-school voucher program for low-income ...