Tennessee Supreme Court Denies Nashville’s Request To Reconsider School Voucher Program
The Center Square [By Jon Styf] –
Tennessee’s Supreme Court will not reconsider its prior ruling on an educational savings plan in Nashville and Memphis.
On June 1, Nashville had filed a request for the court to re-consider the opinion on the grounds that it had not considered Metro Nashville Public Schools to be a part of Metro Nashville Government.
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But the court stated Monday that it had already considered the matter fully.
“The Court has thoroughly reviewed the petition,” the response read. “The Court previously considered the issues raised in the petition in the course of its resolution of the appeal. The petition, therefore, is respectfully denied.”
After the filing to reconsider, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said he believed it could succeed because he believed the court incorrectly ruled that Metro Nashville Public Schools are not part of Metro Nashville government. He also said that Nashville’s government believes that the ESA program was unconstitutional because it applies to just two of 95 counties in the state, Davidson and Shelby counties.
The ESA/voucher program is aimed at allowing low-income students in low-performing schools in Davidson and Shelby counties to use vouchers to attend a school of their choice. Those students were set to receive approximately $7,000 to choose their school even though, at that point, schools in Shelby County spent $13,000 per student each year and Nashville schools spent $16,000 per student.
About the Author: Jon Styf, The Center Square Staff Reporter – Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies. Follow Jon on Twitter @JonStyf.
Wow! Nashville spends $16,000 per student and children are ignorant of our Constitution and Civics in general both in State of TN and Federal Govt. They are way below the National standards in Reading Math and Science, they are taught “alternative U.S.A. History lessons” and get “socialized” and “sexualized” and “politicized”, i.e. taught how to “protest” all the bad things according to liberal school teachers?!
What a load of Democratic crap going on in the Metro Nashville area.