The new Education Freedom Scholarship program will offer 20,000 scholarships of about $7,300 to Tennessee students to attend a school of their choice.

The governor hopes to launch the program for 20,000 students by the next school year, a tight deadline for the state to meet.

Charter school operators would have more options to bypass local school board approval under a proposal backed by Gov. Bill Lee.

Gov. Bill Lee signed the school voucher program into law Wednesday after years of pushing for the program. Lee would not commit to a competitive contract bid process for the voucher vendor that ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that will allow families to use taxpayer ...

"I've long believed we can have the best public schools and give parents a choice in their child's education, regardless of income or ZIP code," said Bill Lee.

Republican lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a $447 million statewide publicly funded school voucher program — a long-sought victory for Gov. Bill Lee and a host of school choice ...

The Tennessee legislature approved Gov. Bill Lee's signature education initiative during a special legislative session.

Gov. Bill Lee signed his long-awaited private school voucher program into law on Wednesday but would not commit to using a competitive bidding process for the vendor company that stands to make ...