TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 3, 2021

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, last night said he will ask Gov. Bill Lee for a special legislative session if school districts mandate masks or close due to the recent spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Tennessean reports. Sexton has previously disapproved of school vouchers, but said in a news conference that if schools were to shut down, he would “ask the governor for legislation to allow those parents in those school districts to take their children and take their money and with school choice go wherever they need to go."