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April 23, 2025 Posted in Education

Thank Tennessee lawmakers for supporting education freedom!

By The Beacon Center of Tennessee

In January, Tennessee made history by passing the Education Freedom Act, providing universal school choice to families across the state.

This landmark legislation ensures that parents, regardless of their background or zip code, can select the best educational environment for their children.

For 14 years, Beacon has fought for educational choice, believing parents should guide their children’s education. Beacon filed its first school choice bill in the legislature in 2011.

This is a historic moment for families.

We are grateful for Gov. Lee, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, Speaker Cameron Sexton, Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, and House Majority Leader William Lamberth for their unwavering leadership on this important issue.

This achievement would not have been possible without their commitment to improving outcomes and opportunities for all students. Their partnership—and that of every legislator who stood up and voted to empower parents—was crucial in bringing this legislation to life, and now Tennessee families will benefit for generations to come.

Will you take 30 seconds to send them a message thanking them for standing up for Education Freedom in Tennessee?

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Tennessee Lawmakers,

THANK YOU for standing up for Tennessee families by supporting education freedom!

Your courageous actions have empowered countless families for generations to come, giving them the tools to exercise school choice and put their children on a path that best fits their unique needs.

Thank you for your courage and for standing with parents!

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

Proud Tennessee Citizen

April 22, 2020 Posted in Economy, Education

Congress: Don’t leave out millions of student loan borrowers

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Petition By: The Pew Charitable Trusts

More than 43 million Americans owe over $1.4 trillion in federal student debt. As highlighted in recent Pew focus groups, many borrowers feel deeply responsible for repaying their loans. But like the parent pictured above, they have other responsibilities to juggle as well.

Making ends meet has become harder because of the coronavirus. In March, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Congress took an important step to help many borrowers by temporarily pausing payments and interest on student loans. But the legislation did not include millions of borrowers with federal student loans held by private companies under an old student loan program called the Family Federal Education Loan Program.

Let Congress know that ALL borrowers should be able to pause payments and interest if they need to. Otherwise, there will be student loan winners and losers.

To Congress:
Thank you for supporting millions of student loan borrowers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act by suspending monthly payments and interest accumulation for federally held student loans. I recently learned that millions of federal student loan borrowers were left out of this temporary fix because they have commercially-held loans from the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program.
Federal student loan borrowers should not suffer if their federal student loans are held by private entities. All students who have federal student loans should have access to the same assistance during this pandemic, regardless of who holds their federal loan, which type of loan they have, or when they borrowed the money.
As Congress considers further legislation to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please ensure that a legislative fix is included to extend coronavirus related student loan assistance to all federal student loan borrowers.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]