Bradley County committee to send letter opposing Education Freedom Act vouchers

Bradley County Education Committee members voted to draft a letter to state legislators opposing the Education Freedom Act of 2025, a proposed program that would use public funds to pay private school tuition, after hours of discussion about accountability, equity and the potential fiscal impact.

Dr. Cash, a school-system representative, told the committee that the bill could cost the state more than $177,000,000 annually if the first 20,000 scholarship slots were filled, and argued the money would be better spent in public schools. "At the current those that are currently in private schools that this would become available for if those first 20,000 were, slots were not used would cost the state of Tennessee over a $177,000,000 that would be recurring expenses. My my point is I think this is a missed opportunity to invest more funds in public education,"…