"If someone is here illegally, they are not the responsibility of Tennesseans to pay for their education. They are here ...

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

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

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

A new bill that would allow school districts to decide whether to accept undocumented students narrowly passed the Senate ...

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 ...

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

Implementing this bill would burden educators with enforcing immigration policies, potentially creating divisions within communities. Tennessee finds itself at the center of the education and immi ...

The bill passed Tennessee’s Senate Education Committee ... not be excluded from a free public education based upon their immigration status,” the bill reads. Voting in favor of the bill ...

The proposed legislation would apply to a broad range of civil actions and prevent immigrants from accessing state’s crime ...

Tennessee finds itself at the center of the education and immigration debate ... entertaining state legislative proposals like House Bill 793/Senate Bill 836 that would deny children access ...