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TN Edu Freedom Scholarship
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:19 am
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:19 am
I'm amazed (well maybe not) at the daily onslaught of negative articles on this.
In short $7250 per parent to use towards private school for 20k tennesseans with expectations it will increase next year and expand to more families.
It's been a difference maker (we took advantage) and every parent I've met who is utilizing it is very happy. There's no downside and the few million dollars they allocated is a tiny tiny drop in the bucket of the overall state education budget.
Yet every day in the Tennessean and every other media outlet there is nothing but negative stories.. And they are all made up crap: let's see from just the past couple of weeks;
- county X didn't have anyone who took advantage
- most of the money is going to rich people although we can't prove it because mean TN governor won't release the list
- weirdo religious schools are getting the money who want to use it to teach kids about God
- the parents who got the money already had their kids in private school so they don't deserve it
- here's a story about a mom who applied but didn't have a school lined up ahead of time and couldn't get a school to accept her kid so the scholarship went to someone else.. On and on and on.
I think this is the first time in my entire life I've ever benefited from any state dollars and the media is going to damn well let me know I did something wrong.
In short $7250 per parent to use towards private school for 20k tennesseans with expectations it will increase next year and expand to more families.
It's been a difference maker (we took advantage) and every parent I've met who is utilizing it is very happy. There's no downside and the few million dollars they allocated is a tiny tiny drop in the bucket of the overall state education budget.
Yet every day in the Tennessean and every other media outlet there is nothing but negative stories.. And they are all made up crap: let's see from just the past couple of weeks;
- county X didn't have anyone who took advantage
- most of the money is going to rich people although we can't prove it because mean TN governor won't release the list
- weirdo religious schools are getting the money who want to use it to teach kids about God
- the parents who got the money already had their kids in private school so they don't deserve it
- here's a story about a mom who applied but didn't have a school lined up ahead of time and couldn't get a school to accept her kid so the scholarship went to someone else.. On and on and on.
I think this is the first time in my entire life I've ever benefited from any state dollars and the media is going to damn well let me know I did something wrong.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 5:48 am
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Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:24 am to CAD703X
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I think this is the first time in my entire life I've ever benefited from any state dollars and the media is going to damn well let me know I did something wrong.
Get on X so every time your local media outlets post such stories you can reply to them in the public square. I hate my local news outlets for the most part, love pushing back a bit on X.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:27 am to SallysHuman
It's really incredible. My favorite is an article I read a few days ago that said the money is going to put kids into "junk food schools". 
Implying private schools aren't teaching kids what they should be learning in public schools.
Correct!!
Implying private schools aren't teaching kids what they should be learning in public schools.
Correct!!
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:30 am to CAD703X
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It's really incredible. My favorite is an article I read a few days ago that said the money is going to put kids into "junk food schools".
They are really afraid of educational freedom. So much so that it makes it plainly obvious there's something going on beneath the surface and it ain't about teaching kids to read, write and math.
I'm glad you're going y'all's own way educationally- more and more parents will do the same.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:39 am to SallysHuman
The TN Democrats are rabid over it.
They actively campaigned in Memphis telling their constituents not to apply.
Memphis parents were like "a-hole say what?"
Dems really can't read the room
They actively campaigned in Memphis telling their constituents not to apply.
Memphis parents were like "a-hole say what?"
Dems really can't read the room
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:46 am to CAD703X
What's really sad about all the crabbing on private schools is what the children want. I'm guessing that the large majority of students taken out of public schools and placed in private schools have a much reduced stress level and minimal peer pressure. A learning environment for these kids is probably like cool fresh water to a thirsty man..
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:54 am to Victor R Franko
quote:I've posted about it before but at 3pm the Catholic school my 5th grader is at rings the bell followed by hymns on the bell.
learning environment for these kids is probably like cool fresh water to a thirsty man..
The kids walk out to waiting parents standing in the parking lot with dogs and leashes and all the teachers priests and principal are standing there to tell the kids bye.
It's so calm and happy and I haven't seen my son with a frown once in the 2 years he's been there.
He's thriving and involved with cross country, soccer and he just joined the swim team.
Id move into a double-wide and take a job delivering pizza before id take him out of this environment.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:09 am to Victor R Franko
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I'm guessing that the large majority of students taken out of public schools and placed in private schools have a much reduced stress level and minimal peer pressure.
With the added advantage of actually being taught useful knowledge as opposed to being taught that you can choose what sex you want to be and that trannies are cool.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:28 am to CAD703X
I'm all for educational freedom, but what's stopping private school tuitions from jumping up by $7250 overnight? Have provisions been put in place to prevent this?
Honestly it's the only drawback to voucher programs that I can think of, a lot of these schools charge what they do for the purpose of being exclusive.
Honestly it's the only drawback to voucher programs that I can think of, a lot of these schools charge what they do for the purpose of being exclusive.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:32 am to 45acp
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Honestly it's the only drawback to voucher programs that I can think of, a lot of these schools charge what they do for the purpose of being exclusive.
The beauty of these schools is that by their very nature they can be exclusive. My son briefly went to a charter school and the one of the reasons we chose it was the strict behavior guidelines and the quickness they'd toss trouble makers.... then a woman took over and the school's standards went to shite. We went back to homeschooling.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:36 am to SallysHuman
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They are really afraid of educational freedom.
Can't indoctrinate kids who aren't there.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:36 am to 45acp
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I'm all for educational freedom, but what's stopping private school tuitions from jumping up by $7250 overnight? Have provisions been put in place to prevent this?
No, and that’s exactly what’s happened
The vouchers aren’t enough for most people to send their kids to a private school. All that’s happened is that private schools have raises their rates and the vouchers have covered the increases. The public is subsidizing private schools and the average Tennessee parent sees no change. It’s incredible!
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:40 am to CAD703X
The left doesn’t want people in private schools. They want to indoctrinate our kids through their public schools.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:53 am to 45acp
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I'm all for educational freedom, but what's stopping private school tuitions from jumping up by $7250 overnight? Have provisions been put in place to prevent this?
Honestly it's the only drawback to voucher programs that I can think of, a lot of these schools charge what they do for the purpose of being exclusive.
I hear this being pushed lately and while I agree that it’s human nature to get as much out of the resource as possible I believe in this instance it’s mostly simply not understanding the cost of running a school. We have a small pre-k 3 through 8th grade here with about 250ish kids. Tuition is about $6k/ kid. Our church subsidizes the budget of the school about $80k a year not including various fundraising. It’s crazy expensive to run a school and compete with public funding.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:56 am to Stexas
Our school accidently sent an email out to parents who received the EFS with everyone on the cc line
I was honestly surprised by how few parents were on there. I assumed it would be a much higher number.
I was honestly surprised by how few parents were on there. I assumed it would be a much higher number.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:52 am to CAD703X
You listed the one I see a lot.
Well these "rich" parents were sending their kids to private school anyway, so now the state is subsidizing them...
Uh no, actually those "rich" parents were paying taxes for a school they could not use and THEY were subsidizing it, now they are just getting the state to pay a portion of it, like the state does for everyone else.
And another....
Its causing the closing of public schools. I would hope so, and reduce funding to go along with it.....but that never happens.
Well these "rich" parents were sending their kids to private school anyway, so now the state is subsidizing them...
Uh no, actually those "rich" parents were paying taxes for a school they could not use and THEY were subsidizing it, now they are just getting the state to pay a portion of it, like the state does for everyone else.
And another....
Its causing the closing of public schools. I would hope so, and reduce funding to go along with it.....but that never happens.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:55 am to trinidadtiger
quote:freaking exactly.
Uh no, actually those "rich" parents were paying taxes for a school they could not use and THEY were subsidizing it, now they are just getting the state to pay a portion of it, like the state does for everyone else.
I'm not rich so it's a sacrifice to put my kids in private school so all this does is make life a little easier around casa CAD.
They can't stand to see any kids fall through the indoctrination cracks.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
The negativity is to be expected. Progressives don't feel like parents should have a say in how their kids are educated.
I mentioned before that we put our kids in private school during COVID because we wanted them to have some normalcy (we were also in area that was hard hit by a massive tornado the week before the shutdowns). The local public schools were doing their best, but it was an absolute disaster.
We sacrificed a lot to keep them in private school. My oldest has already graduated and my youngest is a senior in high school so we can only use it this year, but I am so grateful because it gives us some breathing room. There are a few legitimately rich kids at their private school, but it is mainly middle class parents who sacrifice to make it happen.
I was talking to a parent at work yesterday who is trying to figure out how to pay for three kids to go to private school before they get to middle school. She has never heard of this program and was so excited when I told her about it.
Also, the school my kids attend isn't a fancy private school, but they have received a great education. My oldest received a big merit scholarship so college costs have been negligible so far. I don't think she would have excelled in public school like she did at the private school she attended.
I mentioned before that we put our kids in private school during COVID because we wanted them to have some normalcy (we were also in area that was hard hit by a massive tornado the week before the shutdowns). The local public schools were doing their best, but it was an absolute disaster.
We sacrificed a lot to keep them in private school. My oldest has already graduated and my youngest is a senior in high school so we can only use it this year, but I am so grateful because it gives us some breathing room. There are a few legitimately rich kids at their private school, but it is mainly middle class parents who sacrifice to make it happen.
I was talking to a parent at work yesterday who is trying to figure out how to pay for three kids to go to private school before they get to middle school. She has never heard of this program and was so excited when I told her about it.
Also, the school my kids attend isn't a fancy private school, but they have received a great education. My oldest received a big merit scholarship so college costs have been negligible so far. I don't think she would have excelled in public school like she did at the private school she attended.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 9:20 am
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