News Brief

11/13/12

Recommendations for Tennessee School Voucher Program Still Debatable Among Task Force

The Republic (IN) (11/13/12) Hall, Kristin M.

Following the final task force meeting, Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman said the recommendations will provide Gov. Bill Haslam with options for a school voucher program. "There are some areas where there is a pretty broad range of views on how to do it," he said. The group agreed that a voucher program should be limited to low-income students, and that private schools should be screened for eligibility and held accountable if they participate in the program. The program would essentially allow for the use of state and local education funds to help students transfer to better private and public schools. The biggest questions that remain are student eligibility and the cost of the voucher, though members did say private schools would have to accept the voucher as full payment and not charge additional tuition.

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