Statewide private school voucher program debate begins
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks at a Feb. 29 press conference. Tennessee lawmakers began Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act in February 2024.“The encouraging part for me is there is agreement that everyone wants to get school choice done,” Lee said at the conference. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
The haggling over Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act has begun, with three different — and expensive — versions of the bill.
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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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