TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 30, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee’s private-school voucher plan was found unconstitutional again Tuesday, as a panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals agreed with an earlier ruling from a Nashville court, the Nashville Post reports. Memphis and Nashville authorities challenged the law because it applied to only those two cities. Local officials said it was a violation of the state constitution’s home rule amendment. State officials and their nonprofit allies are expected to appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Read the appeals court decision.