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Legislature Sends Voucher Expansion to Governor

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 16, 2026

Tennessee will expand its universal voucher program to 35,000 students next school year after the Senate approved HB2532/SB2247 by a vote of 18-14. The bill now goes to Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration. The Senate initially sought to expand the program to 40,000, but agreed to move forward with the House number. The legislation also includes a requirement that public schools collect student Social Security numbers to maintain their “hold harmless” funding over the next several years. The “hold harmless” language was included in the original voucher legislation to maintain public school funding if local districts lose students. In future years, the measure will require collection of more household income data on families and tracking how many new vouchers go to public school students. The Daily Memphian has a story from Chalkbeat.

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