Shelby-Metro Nashville lawsuit: Education voucher program is ‘unconstitutional’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: February 06, 2020 7:58 PM CT | Published: February 06, 2020 6:07 PM CT
<strong>Teachers, parents and other education advocates protested on April 9, 2019, in a demonstration at Tennessee's Capitol, where they voiced concerns about Gov. Bill Lee's support of education savings accounts.</strong><span>&nbsp;(Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file)</span>

Teachers, parents and other education advocates protested on April 9, 2019, in a demonstration at Tennessee's Capitol, where they voiced concerns about Gov. Bill Lee's support of education savings accounts. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file)

Shelby County government and Metro Nashville Public Schools joined forces in a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s education savings account program.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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