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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 26, 2022

More than 600 applications have come in for Tennessee’s new Education Savings Account program and nearly 60 students have been approved to attend a participating school, News Channel 5 reports. The majority of approved students are from Nashville so far, according to Mainstreet Nashville. Those accepted into the program receive approximately $8,192 in state funds to be used toward tuition, books and related expenses at approved private schools. There are 5,000 available slots for the current school year. The five-year pilot program in Davidson and Shelby counties is a priority of Gov. Bill Lee, who says his office has been working overtime to get the program up and running this school year after litigation delays.