EducationFinding

Tennessee should expand its private school scholarship program to every family that applies.

Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarships, created in 2025, give a capped number of students about $7,000 a year toward private school tuition. Expanding it to all applicants would require more state funding each year.

Jerri Green

Democratic
Disagree

I would defund the voucher scheme in my very first budget

Press quote · Sep 8, 2026 · retrieved Sep 28, 2026

If a school accepts public funding, they must be held to public standards. Period.

Press quote · Aug 21, 2026 · retrieved Sep 28, 2026

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