TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 2, 2020

A group of public school parents and community members in Nashville and Memphis today filed a lawsuit challenging the Tennessee Education Savings Account (ESA) voucher law, alleging that diversion of millions of dollars to private schools violates public school students’ rights to an adequate and equitable educational opportunities. The suit also argues that the law — which could take effect as early as the 2020-2021 school year — violates the state constitution’s “Home Rule” provision, which prohibits the legislature from passing laws that apply only to certain counties. The plaintiffs are being represented by the ACLU of Tennessee, Southern Poverty Law Center, Education Law Center and the law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd. Read more from the ACLU.