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Students, parents, and educators rallying for school choice in Texas, where lawmakers enacted an education savings account program earlier this year (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images President Donald Trump has long championed school choice, calling it “the civil rights issue of our time.” President Trump and congressional Republicans recently expanded parental choice in education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a provision creating the nation’s first federal school choice program in the form of a tax credit scholarship program available to both private and public school students. School choice is now serving as a key differentiator in the race to fill a U.S. House vacancy created by Congressman Mark Green’s (R) retirement in July. Early voting began this week for the October 7 primary in which Republicans and Democrats will select nominees for the December 2 special election to determine who serves out the remainder of Green’s two-year term representing Tennessee’s seventh congressional district. As the candidates running to represent this Republican-leaning district, which stretches from the Kentucky to the Alabama borders and includes downtown Nashville, jockey to voice their support for President Trump and his agenda, school choice has emerged as a point of contrast and contention in the Republican primary. One of the top contenders heading into the October 7 GOP primary is Representative Lee Reeves (R-Franklin), a statehouse member who voted earlier this year to make Tennessee’s education savings account (ESA) program available to all children statewide. Among Reeves and the two other GOP state representatives vying to fill Congressman Green’s seat, Representative Jody Barrett (R-Dickson) and Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood), Barrett is the only one who voted against the expansion of Tennessee’s ESA program that Governor Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) signed into law back…
