U.S. Dept Of Education Declines To Meet With Tennessee Committee Examining Rejected Federal Funds

The Third Day Of Presentations For Tennessee’s Committee To Examine Rejecting Federal Funding For Its K-12 Schools Did Not Include A Presentation From The U.S. Department Of Education As An Agenda Indicated.

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Tennessee Federal K-12 Education Funding Committee Begins Work

Tennessee Began Its Look At Rejecting Federal K-12 Education Funding Monday With A Review Of Overall Funding From The State’s Office Of Research And Education Accountability And Fiscal Review.

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Tennessee Committee On Federal Education Funding Begins Today

A Tennessee Committee Is Scheduled To Begin Its Review On The State’s Use Of Federal Funding For K-12 Education At 2 P.M. On Monday With Presentations From Tennessee’s Office Of Research And Educational Accountability And The State’s Fiscal Review Office.

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Tennessee Likely Has Room In Budget To Reject Federal Education Dollars, If Other Potential Investments Are Sidelined

No State Has Ever Rejected Federal Funding For K-12 Education, So When Tennessee Looks At Potentially Doing That In A Committee Over The Next Few Weeks It Would Be Expensive And Uncharted Territory, According To A New Analysis From Nonprofit Think Tank Sycamore Institute.

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Committee Will Dig Deep On Costs Of Federal Education Funding In Tennessee

As Members Of A Committee Sit Down To Analyze The Impact Of Federal Funding On Tennessee’s K-12 Schools, They Will Be Diving In Depth Into Numbers That Include More Than Just Funding Totals.

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Senator Watson Talks Third Grade Literacy, Criminal Justice Reform, And Tennessee’s Tax Situation With Hamilton County Pachyderm Club

State Senator Bo Watson Met With The Hamilton County Pachyderm Club On Monday, Where He Encouraged Continued Literacy Improvement In Schools, Advocated For Criminal Justice Reform, And Discussed The Future Of Tennessee.

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Tennessee Legislators To Look Into Rejecting Federal School Funding In November

With Additional Covid-19 Federal K-12 School Funding Winding Down, Tennessee Continues Its Look At What School Funding Would Look Like Without Federal Dollars, Which Amounted To $10.4 Billion Coming To The State’s Schools Between 2019 And 2023.

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In $11.3M Federal Fund Maneuver, Planned Parenthood Services Expand

Tennessee And Oklahoma Will Receive A Combined $11.3 Million In Federal Title X Money In A Workaround After The States Were Denied That Money Earlier This Year.

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Tennessee Granted $23.7M In Federal Funds For Short-Line Railroad Bridges

Tennessee Received $23.7 Million To Upgrade Or Replace 42 Railroad Bridges Across The State.

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How Tennessee Schools Are Spending Federal Funds & Why There Is Opposition To Rejecting Federal Money

Democrat Lawmakers And Many Of Tennessee’s School Districts Are Not In Favor Of Sexton And McNally’s Task Force That Aims To Study The Impact That Rejecting Federal Funding Might Have On The State’s Education System. Why The Opposition? Get Ready To Follow The Money.

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