Federal Lawsuit Over Tennessee Religious Charter School Ban Will Move Forward

Federal Lawsuit Over Tennessee Religious Charter School Ban Will Move Forward

Image Credit: Arthur Krijgsman / Pexels / CC & Canva ***Note from The Tennessee Conservative – this article posted here for informational purposes only. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. By Melissa Brown [Chalkbeat Tennessee] – A Tennessee lawsuit challenging the Knox County Board of Education over the state’s religious charter school ban is heading to trial after a federal ju…

Will Religious Charter Schools Become Reality in Tennessee?

A lawsuit of Tennessee’s ban on religious charter schools is moving forward, a federal judge says. A Tennessee lawsuit challenging the Knox County Board of Education over the state’s religious charter school ban is heading to trial after a federal judge denied the board’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville sued the school board last year after the local district asked it to affirm it planned to open a non-religio…

Tennessee: Lawsuit Opposes Ban on Religious Charter Schools

Melissa Brown of Chalkbeat wrote about a lawsuit in Tennessee that challenges the state’s ban on religious charter schools. Since the state is currently paying tuition at religious schools with vouchers, the lawsuit seeks to overturn the ban. The state is not defending the ban, inasmuch as its Republican leadership wants to pay tuition at religious schools. Brown writes: A Tennessee lawsuit challenging the Knox County Board of Education over the…