NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — More families have been using the school voucher program created for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Hamilton County Schools, according to a new report from the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. However, the program is still not being used in its full capacity.
The report found ESA students increased in each of the first three years of the program, reaching 3,693 participating students in the 2024-2025 school year, but participation remained below the program’s capacity of 5,000 students in its first three years of operation.
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Yadira Calderon’s 17-year-old daughter is a school voucher recipient and now attends Templeton Academy. Yadira says the ESA program has been transformative for her family.
“Majestic, spectacular, rewarding with the challenges that she faces as a student with autism and all of these plethora different realities, the way it has been handled is just a major shift, total 180 compared to what she had experienced in the last 10 year, 11 years in the public school system,” she told News 2…