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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 12, 2026

A legislative push to double the number of students in Tennessee’s voucher program cleared its first hurdle this week with approval by the House K-12 Education Subcommittee on Tuesday and Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. Chalkbeat reports that Gov. Bill Lee has requested expanding the program from 25,000 to 40,000 students. The next scheduled vote on H2532/SB2247 will take place in the House Education Committee on March 17. The Tennessee Department of Education last month reported 58,000 students applied for the program next year, including 18,644 students currently enrolled in the program who have applied for a renewal.