Lawmakers Blast Chinese Communist Party’s Influence On American Classrooms
U.S. House Lawmakers Held A Hearing To Investigate The Chinese Communist Party’s Alleged Efforts To Influence American Classrooms.
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Education Funding
New Online Resources Focus On Tennessee Charter Schools
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Is Releasing A New Collection Of Resources On Charter Schools In Tennessee. As Of The 2023-24 School Year, More Than 100 Charter Schools Operate In The State Under Six Authorizers. More Charter Schools Are Set To Open In 2024-25.
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Tennessee Spent Nearly $600M To Bolster School CTE Programs
Nearly $600 Million In Grants Have Gone To Tennessee Schools For Career And Technical Education From A Pair Of Grant Programs Since 2019 And A New Legislative Brief Shows The Impact Of That Spending.
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Tennessee Schools Received 11% Of Pre-Pandemic Funding From Federal Sources
Tennessee’s K-12 Schools Received $1.1 Billion In Federal Funds In Financial Year 2019, The Last Before Additional Covid-19 Pandemic Federal Funds Began, According To A Policy Brief From The Non-Profit Sycamore Institute.
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Lawmakers Battle Over Bill Preventing Schools From Housing Illegal Immigrants
The House Rules Committee Held A Hearing Monday Discussing The “Schools Not Shelters Act”, Legislation Designed To Prevent Public Schools From Allocating School Resources And Using Taxpayer Funds To Help Shelter Illegal Immigrants Within Their Campus.
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Bipartisan Legislation Leads To New Law Allowing Private Universities In Tennessee To Open Public Schools
A New Law In Tennessee Sets Up Both Public And Private Colleges To Partner With Public School Districts To Create “Lab Schools” Within Their Local Communities.
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Lee Signs Tennessee Teacher Pay Increase, End To Automatic Dues Payments
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Signed A Bill That Will Raise The Minimum Wage For K-12 Teachers And End The Collection Of Dues For Professional Employee Organizations As An Automatic Payroll Withdrawal.
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Speaker’s Charter School Bill Targeting Homeschoolers And “At Risk” Youth Draws Ire From Homeschool Community, Questions Regarding Migrant Children
A Bill Being Pushed By Speaker Cameron Sexton That Creates Two Very Different Kinds Of Charter Schools Is Drawing Ire From The State’s Homeschool Community.
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House Speaker Sexton Proposes Panel To Consider Rejection Of Federal Education Funding
House Speaker Cameron Sexton Is Looking Into The Creation Of A Task Force To Determine Whether It Would Be Feasible For Tennessee To Reject Federal Education Funding In An Attempt To Eliminate Federal Regulation Of State Public Schools.
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TN School Voucher Expansion Bill Heads To House Committee After Passage In Senate
Last Week, A Bill To Include Hamilton County In Tennessee’s Education Savings Account (ESA) Pilot Program Was Deferred By A Week During A Meeting Of The House K-12 Subcommittee. It Has Been Rescheduled Hearing At 4:30pm (CST) Tomorrow, February 28th, 2023.
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