Tennessee House panel kills private-school voucher transparency bill

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 717

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A fight is brewing over Tennessee legislation designed to bring more transparency to the state’s new private-school voucher program.

A House K-12 subcommittee Tuesday defeated Democratic Rep. Sam McKenzie’s bill designed to give lawmakers more information about the 20,000 students receiving private-school vouchers, mainly whether they were enrolled last year in private or public schools.

But Republican Rep. Jody Barrett, who opposed creation of the program last year, is sponsoring a separate bill,

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