The GOP bill sponsors intend to challenge longstanding federal legal precedent protecting the right to a public education for ...

A new fiscal note on a controversial legislative education bill warns the effort to require Tennessee schools to collect citizenship or legal residency proof could jeopardize the state's $1.1 billion ...

Tennessee is now at a crossroads, entertaining proposals that would deny children access to public education based on their ...

I am offended by this legislation,' one Democratic lawmaker said. 'I find that it is so antithetical to the very foundation of this country.' ...

Our state democracy is in crisis, and instead of trying to fix it, our state leaders are focused on exacerbating it.

Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public ...

The bill was the subject of a Senate Education Committee debate Wednesday. Soccer star Sophia Wilson announces pregnancy with ...

A Tennessee bill that would require public schools to verify the citizenship status of students and give districts the option ...

A bill that would allow public schools to refuse to enroll “a student who is unlawfully present in the United States” went to the Senate’s Education Committee Wednesday.

Tennessee schools could refuse to teach students without legal status, or charge their families tuition, under a bill ...

Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly are trying to move forward with a bill to allow schools to deny ...

Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public education based on immigration status.