Here are the revised income limits for Lee’s school voucher plan

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at an economic development announcement in Nashville on March 20, 2019. (Erik Schelzig, Tennessee Journal)
Lawmakers last week advanced a revised version of Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to create education savings accounts, or ESAs, in five Tennessee counties. Previously, the income limit would have been set at double the upper threshold to receive reduced-priced school lunches, which is 185% of federal poverty guidelines. The revised bill sets that amount at double the free lunch limit, which is 130% of poverty.
The ESAs would be available to parents of children currently enrolled in public schools in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, and Madison counties earning up to 2.6 times the poverty level (down from the 3.7 times of the original bill).
Here’s what that comes out to:
Household | Original proposal | Revised proposal |
2 | 60,902 | 42,796 |
3 | 76,886 | 54,028 |
4 | 92,870 | 65,260 |
5 | 108,854 | 76,492 |
6 | 124,838 | 87,724 |
7 | 140,822 | 98,956 |
8 | 156,806 | 110,188 |
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