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Photo: Office of Gov. Bill Lee

Applications for Tennessee’s recently created school voucher program continue to roll in, and roughly half of the more than 38,000 such forms submitted thus far have come from families with a financial need. 

The state released a breakdown of who has applied for the vouchers — also known as the Education Freedom Scholarship — on Tuesday. The program began accepting applications on May 15. And as of the beginning of this week, 38,160 applications have been filed, according to the state.