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The chair of the Memphis-Shelby County Board of Education is asking Tennessee lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee to reconsider an expansion of the ESA program.
While politicians debated side issues related to an expansion of the Tennessee Education Savings Account (ESA) pilot program, many Hamilton County students continued to struggle in underperforming public schools.
Does it matter whether two students or 2,200 students are involved in the Tennessee Education Savings Account program if they get a better education than they would have in their nearest public school?
At the heart of the legal battle was whether the education savings account program violated the state constitution by applying only to Davidson and Shelby counties.