TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 12, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals last week ruled that a challenge to the state’s pilot school voucher program in Davidson County can move forward, Chalkbeat reports. The court found that the trial court erred when it decided factual disputes during the dismissal stage of the proceeding and when it ruled that plainfiffs lacked standing to challenge the program. The appeals court sent the case back to the trial court for review. Tennessee Lookout has a history of the voucher program and the legal challenges that have played out since it launched in 2019. Read the court's opinion.