Regarding education savings accounts, voters were asked, do you support or oppose Tennessee giving all parents tax-funded vouchers they can use to help pay for tuition for their school-age children to attend private or religious schools of their choice, instead of attending local public schools?
As the Tennessee legislature prepares to wrestle for the second year in a row with whether to give families across the state funding to pay for private school tuition, Hamilton County remains divided on the issue.
Roughly half of Hamilton County voters said they supported Tennessee giving all parents tax-funded grants to help pay for private school tuition of their choice, instead of attending local public schools, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press survey of nearly 500 voters.
Around 39% of county voters opposed the idea, which is already in place in a pilot program in Hamilton, Davidson and Shelby counties.