January 31, 2024 2:49 pm
3-judge panel rules parents can sue over Tennessee school voucher law
A lower court agreed with the state, but a three-judge panel in the Tennessee Court of Appeals unanimously rejected those arguments. They ruled the plaintiffs had established standing both as parents of public school students in the affected districts, alleging harm from the program’s diversion of education funding to private schools, and as taxpayers contesting an illegal use of public dollars.