Responding to criticism about Tennessee’s applications for private-school vouchers, Gov. Bill Lee said this week the state doesn’t need to know whether students were enrolled in private schools before ...

Tennessee isn’t asking where the participants were enrolled before, so it won’t know how many vouchers are going to existing ...

A Tennessee House Republican says the legislature should require the Department of Education to provide more information about private-school voucher applicants for a thorough evaluation of the ...

Thousands await news on Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarships as schools prepare for the year, with private institutions seeing success in application support.

Tennessee officially launched its universal school voucher program on Thursday and state officials reported over 33,000 applications were submitted within hours of its launch.

Tennessee State Education Board members voted Thursday on how to roll out the voucher program, where students can receive public tax dollars to attend private schools.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s official and signed into law. School vouchers are here to stay in Tennessee. The controversial Education Freedom Act is now signed into law, meaning taxpayer dollars will ...

Tennessee Catholic bishops on Monday lauded the passage of legislation establishing Tennessee’s first-ever universal school-choice program, which is set to fund more than 20,000 scholarships to ...

The new Education Freedom Scholarship program will offer 20,000 scholarships of about $7,300 to Tennessee students to attend a school of their choice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income, a ...