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Dark Money, Dark Goals

A new issue advocacy group has a singular mission: Ending public education in Tennessee

A group connected to some of Tennessee’s top Republican elected leaders says it wants 200,000 Tennessee students using private school coupons and 250,000 in charter schools by 2031.

Tennessee Leads appears to have been launched with the help of a group of political finance consultants tied to top GOP leaders in the state.

The address and Registered Agent of the group match that of Political Financial Management, a group that has helped the Tennessee Republican Caucus and Gov. Bill Lee.

The group says it is advocating to have 200,000 students using school vouchers and 250,000 students in charter schools by 2031.

The voucher plan would cost $1.5 billion.

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Who is Tennessee Leads and Why Do They Hate Public Schools?

A new issue advocacy nonprofit in Tennessee is fighting for goals that will effectively end public education in our state.

While state leaders consider expanding the state’s private school coupon program, a new nonprofit takes a bolder approach. A group calling itself Tennessee Leads registered with the Secretary of State as a 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization with the goal of effectively ending public education in Tennessee by 2031.

The group’s goals: 200,000 voucher students (at a cost of more than $1.5 billion/year), 250,000 charter school students (there are 45,000 now), and the implementation of Direct Instruction.

It’s like every bad idea in education got together and formed a band.

So far, though, it’s not clear who the members are. Stay tuned . . .

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The End of Public Education in Tennessee

TC Weber notes that a new nonprofit wants to essentially end public education in the Volunteer State.

But a new nonprofit, Tennessee Leads, has even bigger ambitions: 200,000 voucher students and 250,000 in charter schools by 2031.

If those goals are met, traditional public schools would serve just 550,000 students—a seismic shift.

Gov. Lee and Speaker Sexton want to double the number of voucher students in 2026 – from 20,000 to 40,000 – with a total of 100,000 by 2030. But, Tennessee Leads is pushing for more than that.

The result of meeting this goal would be a rise in unaccountable private education sources – and an end to traditional public education in our state.

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