Court Bars Tennessee From Starting School Voucher Program From Education Week: A state court has barred Tennessee from enacting a new school voucher program, ruling Monday that legislators violated the state's constitution when they passed a law last year that targeted specific areas without local consent. The Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program, would direct up to $7,300 in public funds to eligible students to pay for private school tuition and other educational expenses. The criteria for the program, which was set to start in the fall, applied only to Davidson and Shelby counties, home of Nashville and Memphis. The ruling was watched by opponents of private school choice, who ... https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/05/court-tennessee-school-vouchers.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=campaignk-12