TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 30, 2020

State officials have asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to restore a school voucher law overturned in September by the appeals court, the Daily Memphian reports. Attorney General Herbert Slatery III filed the state’s application to appeal just days before the court’s deadline for continuing the case. Gov. Bill Lee has vowed to continue fighting for the 2019 law, which would provide taxpayer money to eligible families in Memphis and Nashville to pay for private school tuition. The two jurisdictions challenged the law arguing it is unconstitutional because it only applies to their communities and does not give local governments or voters a say. The government says that if the program is successful, it will expand it throughout the state.