Speaker Of The House Cameron Sexton Officially Announced Committee Assignments For The 114th General Assembly’s First Extraordinary Session. There Will Be A Total Of 7 Special Session Committees In The House Of Representatives.
Op-Ed: The Tennessee Educational Freedom Bill Promises To Expand School Choice But Instead Reveals Significant Flaws. There Is A Better Way, Tennessee.
After Over Four Hours Of Deliberation On Wednesday, The House Version Of This Year’s School Choice Legislation Was Passed Out Of The House Education Committee By A Vote Of 12-7. However, School Choice Is Not The Only Thing Legislators Are Considering Here.
The Senate Education Committee Was Presented With The Senate Version Of Governor Lee’s School Choice Legislation, Which Is Vastly Different From The Version Presented In The House This Week. The Committee Decided Not To Replicate The Issues From The Previous Day In The House Meeting And Deferred The Vote On The Bill For One Week.
House Democrats Are Urging Education Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds To Resign Or For Gov. Bill Lee To Replace Her, Saying She Is Statutorily Unqualified To Hold The Post.
Some Conservative Advocates For Educational Alternatives From Public School Are Seeing Potential Issues With Acceptance Of Government Money Being Integrated Into Spending For Private And Homeschooling Families.
Governor Bill Lee And Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton Continue To Promote The Governor’s School Voucher Program Proposal.
A Tennessee Trial Court Ruled Friday That Tennessee’s Education Scholarship Program Can Move Forward. A Three-Judge Panel Heard Arguments Earlier In The Day From The American Civil Liberties Union And Southern Poverty Law Center. The Two Groups Had Asked The Court To Deliver An Injunction Against The Pilot Program.
Our Founders Promised A Quality Education For Every Youth In The Nation. But By The Time This System Was In Place It Was Run By Politicians, Not Parents. A Century Later The System Was In Such Disrepair Milton Friedman Realized That The Only Way To Repair It Was To Make It Competitive In The Free Market. Most Parents And Citizens Now Believe That More Choice Is Needed And Less Government And Union Control. Giving Parents The Information About The Deficiencies In Public Education And Other Education Choices Will Result In Better Educated Students.
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