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Judge rules Gov. Lee's school voucher program unconstitutional
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2020/05/04/judge-rules-gov-bill-lees-education-savings-account-program-unconstitutional/3068998001/
..."Nashville Chancellor Anne C. Martin said the school voucher program violated a section of the state constitution known as "home rule," because the law only applied to Davidson and Shelby counties.
As a result, the state improperly imposed the program on the two counties without their consent, Martin said.
Two lawsuits filed over the program each asked the judge to temporarily stop the program before it is implemented in Nashville and Memphis.
The law would allow eligible families in Davidson and Shelby counties to use public money to fund private school tuition, among other educational needs. It is Lee's signature education initiative, passed last year."...(more)