(The Center Square) – A lawsuit filed in Davidson County Chancery Court challenges the constitutionality of Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarships as the program enters its second year.
The plaintiffs are five parents and five taxpayers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, the Education Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Public Funds Public Schools campaign and the Southern Education Foundation, according to a release from the ACLU. The Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP law firm is representing the plaintiffs pro bono.
The scholarships, approved by the General Assembly in January during a special session, discriminate against students with disabilities, one parent said…