
Tennessee Democrat calls GOP governor's school choice expansion plan a 'real scam'
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Democratic Tennessee state sen. Heidi Campbell blasts Gov. Bill Lee's school choice expansion plan as a "scam" that funnels money to private out-of-state investors.
Students would get a little more than $7,000 in vouchers for the 2024-25 school year, with eligible expenses including private school tuition, fees, and uniforms required by the private school, textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials required by the private school, tutoring services, and computer hardware. By the following school year, the proposal would have "universal eligibility for all Tennessee students entitled to attend a public school, prioritizing currently enrolled students, low-income and public school students if demand exceeds available funding," according to the governor's office. Cortney O'Brien is an Editor at Fox News. Twitter: @obrienc2
Democratic State Sen. Heidi Campbell said the name of the measure may be "enticing," but it was ultimately misleading.