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The Tri-Star State: Tennessee Legislature Keeps Tweaking Gov. Lee's School Voucher-Like Plan

Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, is pushing for an amendment to the school voucher bill. His proposal would take money that initially was meant to go back to the urban public schools as compensation for school vouchers, to use it in rural schools.
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
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Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, is pushing for an amendment to the school voucher bill. His proposal would take money that initially was meant to go back to the urban public schools as compensation for school vouchers, to use it in rural schools.

Hear the radio version of this story.

There have been many changes in the last few weeks to Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Savings Accounts proposal.

The legislature is still workshopping the details of the school voucher plan. And GOP leaders are trying to convince rural lawmakers on the fence, to vote for the bill.

WPLN’s political reporter, Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, has been following the negotiations and says it's been difficult for supporters to balance all the competing interests.

Our ongoing conversations about Tennessee politics are available in The Tri-Star State podcast. You can listen by visiting wpln.org/tristar or subscribe using your favorite podcasting app.

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Chas joined WPLN in 2015 after eight years with The Tennessean, including more than five years as the newspaper's statehouse reporter.Chas has also covered communities, politics and business in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied economics and journalism. Outside of work, he's a dedicated distance runner, having completed a dozen marathons
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán is Nashville Public Radio’s political reporter. Prior to moving to Nashville, Sergio covered education for the Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden, Utah. He is a Puerto Rico native and his work has also appeared on NPR station WKAR, San Antonio Express-News, Inter News Service, GFR Media and WMIZ 1270 AM.