Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes the expansion of a school voucher for private school students and requires the governor to opt into the federal scholarship tax credit in Tennessee.

Highlights:

• Requires a maximum of 40,000 scholarships to be made available to eligible students for the 2026-2027 school year (Sec. 2).

• Specifies the general assembly’s intent to participate in the federal education tax credit program created in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon its passage as a law (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes the expansion of a school voucher for private school students and requires the governor to opt into the federal scholarship tax credit in Tennessee.

Highlights:

• Requires a maximum of 40,000 scholarships to be made available to eligible students for the 2026-2027 school year (Sec. 2).

• Specifies the general assembly’s intent to participate in the federal education tax credit program created in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon its passage as a law (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the expansion of a school voucher for private school students and requires the governor to opt into the federal scholarship tax credit in Tennessee.

Highlights:

• Requires a maximum of 40,000 scholarships to be made available to eligible students for the 2026-2027 school year (Sec. 2).

• Specifies the general assembly’s intent to participate in the federal education tax credit program created in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon its passage as a law (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text