State Supreme Court won’t hear school voucher appeal
Public education advocates rally against a voucher-style proposal at the state Capitol in Nashville on April 22, 2019.(Jonathan Mattise/Associated Press file)
A Davidson County chancellor in early May ruled the voucher program unconstitutional, saying the Legislature forced the program on Shelby and Metro Nashville without local approval.
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School vouchers Gov. Bill LeeSam Stockard
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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