NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A law signed by Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) allows religious entities — including private postsecondary institutions — to open public charter schools in the state.
The legislation reverses a Tennessee law that previously banned religious groups from operating charter schools, which TN Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti argued in a legal opinion likely violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, citing multiple Supreme Court rulings.
“Tennessee ‘need not subsidize’ privately run charter schools, but having ‘decide[d] to do…