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The Tennessee Department of Education is paying a contractor $1.2 million this year to handle its voucher program even though the money wasn't placed in the state budget, education officials admitted Monday.
State Rep. Bill Dunn, the Knoxville Republican who sponsored Tennessee’s voucher legislation affecting Shelby County and Metro Nashville school systems, will not run for re-election in 2020.
East Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy Faison is predicting House Speaker Glen Casada will leave the House when he resigns his speakership. But Casada said Wednesday he will "retain his seat."
Students who get pregnant would get time to give birth and start raising child before using state scholarship funds for college.
Gov. Bill Lee defended the legality of his education savings account bill Tuesday but acknowledged for the first time it is set up to provide funds to “legal residents,” a matter being challenged by opponents of the legislation.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said Monday he will request a state attorney general’s opinion on the constitutionality of voucher legislation requiring parents to show identification proving U.S. citizenship.
Tennessee Federation for Children's Arizona counterpart urged Spanish-speaking parents to take advantage of education savings accounts without worrying about immigration status.
State Reps. Antonio Parkinson and Jim Coley say Gov. Bill Lee's education savings account plan will likely face legal challenges because of a provision making unlawfully present students ineligible for the state funds.
Once roiled by concerns about the spread of Islam, the Tennessee Legislature is considering legislation enabling state dollars to be used to send students to Islamic schools across the state.
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