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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: In 2025, School Choice Comes First to Tennessee
Description: Tennessee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025 has become the nation’s 13th universal school choice law. Tennessee lawmakers last week passed the statewide educational choice program, which will initially fund 20,000 scholarships—worth about $7,296 each—to children who want to attend private schools.
Half of the scholarships in the first year are reserved for families whose incomes are at or below 300% of the eligibility level for the federal free or reduced-price lunch program. The rest of the scholarships are open to children of any income. Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson explained, “This legislation has been marketed as a parental...