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Tennessee voucher-like bill version adds back homeschooling

The Senate version would double the cap on the education savings accounts to 30,000 students, instead of 15,000.

Gov. Bill Lee's voucher-style proposal has restored the option of paying for homeschooling.

A Senate panel advanced the Republican's key school choice initiative Wednesday. The legislation, expected to cost $125 million over five years, has House and Senate committee stops remaining.

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The Senate version would double the cap on the education savings accounts to 30,000 students, instead of 15,000.

The Senate panel kept a provision requiring families to provide a birth certificate, a driver's license or some sort of government documentation for their children participating in the voucher-style plan. That requirement has drawn legality concerns because states can't deny free public education because of immigration status.

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Under Lee's proposal, parents below the federal poverty level with students in certain low-performing school districts could receive up to $7,300 in state funds.

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