The Dispute Index

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from Franklin, representing District 27, which covers Williamson County. He has served in the Senate since 2007 and has been its majority leader since 2019. He is a small business owner.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Jack Johnson, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Role at the time: Tennessee Senate Majority Leader (R-Franklin), quoted by Chalkbeat Tennessee

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Response to this claim

More than one-third of Tennessee's 35,000 Education Freedom Scholarship voucher recipients live in 20 ZIP codes, most of them wealthy and majority white.

“The purpose of Education Freedom Scholarships is straightforward: to give Tennessee families greater freedom to choose the education that best meets their children's needs. That is exactly what it is doing”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Wealthier, whiter neighborhoods benefit from Tennessee voucher program · ChalkbeatFull article
Why we used this label

The reference point is the Education Freedom Scholarship program as Chalkbeat's data shows it distributed, with recipients concentrated in wealthier, mostly white ZIP codes. Johnson says the program is fulfilling its purpose and points to participation across hundreds of ZIP codes, defending it.

Read statementFull case: Chalkbeat finds a third of Tennessee's voucher recipients live in 20 mostly wealthy, white ZIP codes; Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson says the program is doing what it was meant to do

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Case

Chalkbeat finds a third of Tennessee's voucher recipients live in 20 mostly wealthy, white ZIP codes; Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson says the program is doing what it was meant to do

Relationship to this case: Participant

Chalkbeat reports that over a third of Tennessee's 35,000 voucher recipients live in 20 ZIP codes, most wealthy and majority white. Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson says the program is doing what it was meant to do.

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