TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 19, 2026

After a lengthy debate, the Tennessee House Education Committee advanced a bill that would double the number of private school voucher recipients for the 2026-2027 academic year, the Nashville Banner reports. Though five Republicans on the committee voted against it, HB2532/SB2247 passed by a vote of 11-9. Bills that would have set forth various reporting requirements for the voucher program failed in both the subcommittee and committee. The Nashville Scene has more on those efforts. The voucher expansion bill now goes to the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee. The Senate version of the bill cleared the that body’s Education Committee on March 11 and is now at the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee.