(The Center Square) – Two families participating in Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program are intervening in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.
Five organizations representing 10 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court last month, saying the scholarship program diverts money from public schools and discriminates against students with disabilities.
EdChoice Legal Advocates are representing Denise Fair of Jefferson City and Mike and Monica Sweeney of Knoxville. They say the scholarships helped them send their children to a school that best met their needs.
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Fair said the scholarship allowed her to scale back her work hours and attend more school activities with her children, who attend Lakeway Christian Academy.
“A judgment or injunction taking away the EFS program would impose a real financial burden on our
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