A Tennessee House of Representatives committee recommended expanding the state’s Education Freedom Scholarship program. However, the bill no longer includes an immigration tracking requirement.

House Bill 2532 still seeks to expand the state’s school vouchers from 20,000 to 35,000, while Senate Bill 2247 seeks to expand that number to 40,000.

The House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee recommended the bill for passage on April 7 in an 18-10 vote. It now heads to the House Calendar and Rules Committee.

The school vouchers allow families to use public funds for private education, and the bill seeks to expand that program.

In 2025, lawmakers included a provision in the Education Freedom Scholarship that allowed public schools to continue receiving public funds if they experienced disenrollment. The House’s previous amendment would only provide the funding to schools based on the students’ citizenship status. The new version has removed that amendment.

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