Governor calls school voucher plan ‘freedom,’ while opponents call it ‘a scam’
Arieale Munson and her son, Steven Cole Jr., were Shelby County’s first recipients for state-funded private school vouchers. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The General Assembly approved private school vouchers by a one-vote margin in 2019, with some supporting the program because it applied only to Memphis and Nashville. Now, Lee wants anyone, regardless of income, to have access to discounted private school tuition.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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