The bill was adopted with 54 Yays and 44 not with a minor amendment to the bill. He now goes to the Senate for a vote.
Nashville, Tennessee – The Chamber of Representatives of Tennessee adopted the proposal for vouchers from the Universal School Thursday, which effectively allows families to use public funds for private training costs.
The bill was adopted with 54 yays at 44 no and an amendment to the bill. The amendment requires that the school councils of the various state districts adopt a resolution “accepting” the new system of good schools in the state so that the teachers of this district receive the single $ 2,000 bonus included in the project of law.
A legislator abstained by the vote. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) originally voted in favor of voucher and his vote was then changed for “no”. The proposal was then adopted in the Senate of Tennessee and should be signed by Governor Bill Lee.
Here’s how the members of the East Tennessee House voted
- Fred Atchley (R-Sevierville) No
- Jody Barrett (R-Dadkson) No
- Ed Butler (RR-Rickman) Yay
- Michele Carringer (R-Knoxville) Yay
- Mark Cochran (R-Englewood) Yay
- Elaine Davis (R-Knoxville) Yay
- Rick Eldridge (R-Morristown) Yay
- Andrew Farmer (R-Sevierville) Yay
- Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) Yay
- Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) No
- Yusuf Hakeem (D-Chattanooga) No
- David Hawk (R-Greeneville) No
- Esther Helton Haynes (R-East Ridge) Yay
- Gary Hicks (R-Greeneville) No
- Dan Howell (R-Cleveland) No
- Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) No
- Justin Lafferty (R-Knoxville) Yay
- Sam McKenzie (D-Knoxville) No
- Jerome Moon (R-Maryville) Present but did not vote
- Dennis Powers (R-JACKSBORO) Yay
- Kevin Raper (R-Cleveland) No
- Michele Reneau (R-Signal Mountain) No
- Lowell Russell (R-Vonore) No
- Rick Scarbrough (R-oak Ridge) No
- Tom Stinnett (R-Friendsville) No
- Ron Travis (R-Dayton) No
- DAVE WRIGHT (R-CORRYTON) Yay
- Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) Yay
What the bill on good
The bill would effectively allow public funds to be used by state families to pay private training costs. Schools should be accredited and students should meet academic and attendance requirements to be eligible for the program. In large part, the program would give families around $ 7,000 on the scholarships, according to the needs and individual history of students.
Dozens of state school districts have adopted resolutions against good, notably the county of Greene, the county of Hamblen, the county of Blount, the county of Roane and others.
The people opposed to the bill called it the bill for the “choice of the school” and while others, like the representative Bo Mitchell (D – Nashville) called it “inverted Robin Hood”.
The proposal also includes a unique bonus of $ 2,000 for teachers as well as a component that uses Paris and sport Paris taxes to support the infrastructure of public schools. A tax note for the program said that it could cost the state for about $ 350 million during the first year, from the Tennessee General Fund.
The bill was adopted with an amendment to give school boards the decision to give teachers $ 2,000 in bonuses. According to the amendment, local education councils and the director of schools with local charters should adopt “a resolution claiming that the LEA would like to participate in article 4 of the 2025 freedom law” to obtain the Bonus.
The bill said 20,000 scholarships would be available during the first year of the program, and half of them would be available for low-income families. If the number of scholarships exerted exceeds 75% of the capacity of the program, the following year would have 5,000 additional scholarships available.
