TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Jun 13, 2023

Three Tennessee teachers associations filed suit today over a new law that prohibits association dues from being voluntarily deducted from paychecks, the Tennessean reported. The dues provision was included in a budget bill set to go into effect July 1 that will raise the teacher pay rate to a minimum of $50,000 per year by 2027. In a Chancery Court complaint, the groups claim the deduction ban is in violation of the state constitution prohibiting a bill from becoming law if it "embraces more than one subject," arguing a pay raise is a "wholly different" subject than payroll deductions for professional organizations.