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Recommended Stories. Atlanta Black Star. Giants Wire. Entertainment Weekly. The bill would expand the law to make vouchers that are known as education savings accounts available to students in any Tennessee district that mandates masks or does not offer at least days of in-person learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, it does not afford the same opportunity for students whose parents are upset about the absence of a mask mandate, or would like their student to switch to virtual learning when COVID cases surge. The bill is an effort to promote parent choice while disincentivizing districts from adopting COVID mitigation strategies opposed by Gov.
Last summer after seeing a dramatic drop in state test scores blamed partly on virtual learning, House Speaker Cameron Sexton threatened voucher legislation for districts whose leaders require masks or shutter their buildings. The bill says vouchers also would be extended to students zoned to attend an ASD school. But Senate Minority Leader Jeff Yarbro said he would expect another legal challenge if the new bill passes and becomes law.
Curcio disagrees. He said many parents believe their family is being held hostage by local school policies with which they disagree. For the time being, the two have been found compatible. But given the intense feeling that both sides in this debate bring to both of these issues—the education of our children and the nation's historic commitment to the separation of church and state—it is unlikely that this most recent ruling will be the last word on the subject. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources.
Study Guide. Previous Next. The Supreme Court and School Vouchers Voucher programs allow parents to spend state money to send their children to private schools, including religious private schools voucher program in Cleveland led to lawsuit over vouchers and religious freedom heard by Supreme Court in Political debate over vouchers mostly did not focus on questions of religious freedom But religious issues were part of the debate; opponents of vouchers especially argued that the program would allow state funding of religious indoctrination In , the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of Cleveland's school voucher program.
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