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A bill that would require school districts to potentially ask children about their citizenship status was approved in the Senate on Thursday.
Shelby County’s five state senators voted down party lines for a bill that would allow school districts to deny education to ...
A drug program designed to help low-income patients pay for medication through hospitals is raising questions in state ...
Republican leaders have said that educating undocumented students is costing the state too much money. They hope to pass this ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill that would allow schools to charge undocumented students tuition, or refuse to enroll them if their parents cannot pay. On the Senate ...
A bill to codify access to contraceptives and fertility care passed the House of Representatives on April 10. One procedural Senate vote is still needed.
The Tenn. Senate passed a controversial bill requiring local school districts to verify students' citizenship status.
Tennessee is advancing a plan to let schools turn away students or charge their families tuition if they cannot prove their ...
After a heated--and at times tearful--debate, the Tennessee Senate voted to pass a bill Thursday that would allow schools to ...
Local governments would be banned from participating in guaranteed income programs if a bill passed by the Senate in ...
A bill that would allow Tennessee school districts to charge an enrollment fee for undocumented students has passed the Tennessee Senate.
Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public education based on immigration status.