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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Senate sponsor of a $71 million voucher-like proposal that would let parents take public money to use it to customize their child's education has pulled the bill until next year.

Sen. Delores Gresham, a Republican from Somerville, pulled the legislation that would have allowed parents to take an average of $7,000 in state and local funds and spend it on approved expenses. The money could have been used toward private school tuition, home school curriculum, tutoring and other education-related expenses.

Supporters of the measure, which is known as an education saving...