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Knox County would join Hamilton under latest Tennessee school voucher expansion proposal

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A bill to extend the program to Chattanooga-based Hamilton County Schools passed last week in the Senate. Under a new GOP measure filed recently in the House, the bill could be amended to include Knox County Schools, too. The House Education Administration Committee is scheduled to consider the expansion bill and White's Knox County amendment on March 29.

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Knox County would join Hamilton under latest Tennessee school voucher expansion proposal

Rep. Michele Carringer is one of five Republican lawmakers from Knox County who have signed on as co-sponsors of legislation to expand Tennessee’s education savings account program beyond Memphis and Nashville. A new proposal would add Knox County to an existing bill to extend private school vouchers to Hamilton County.Larry McCormack for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s private school voucher program, currently limited to eligible students attending publ…

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