TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 4, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the legal battle over Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account program and upheld an injunction that has put the program on hold, the Daily Memphian reports. Earlier last month, Davidson County Chancellor Anne Martin ruled that the program was unconstitutional and issued the injunction. The Appeals Court upheld that injunction and scheduled arguments to debate its constitutionality for Aug. 5. Attorney General Herbert Slatery asked the Supreme Court to step in and take the case since an Aug. 5 decision would come too late to meet the program’s rollout deadline. Lee’s proposed budget plan for 2021 reduced the voucher program by $22 million, but kept it intact. The program still contains $16 million to provide $7,300 in payments to around 2,000 students.