Lee’s Budget Proposal Has Sharp Spending Cuts, Report Shows
After Several Years Of Rapidly Increasing Spending And Tax Collections, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Has Proposed A Budget That Would Spend Nearly $10 Billion Less Next Year.
Read moreAfter Several Years Of Rapidly Increasing Spending And Tax Collections, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Has Proposed A Budget That Would Spend Nearly $10 Billion Less Next Year.
Read moreNearly 200,000 Debt Collection Cases Were Filed In Shelby County And 112,000 In Davidson County Between January 2016 Through March 2023, According To Data From Sycamore Institute.
Read moreSenate Members Of A Joint Committee On Federal Funding For K-12 Education In Tennessee Filed A Separate Report Stating They Could Not Agree With House Members Of The Joint Committee On The Recommendations.
Read moreThe Tennessee Senate’s Education Committee Chairman Opposes Turning Down At Least $1.3 Billion In Federal Education Funds But Says The State Could Seek Some Sort Of Waiver On Federal School Requirements.
Read moreThree Tennessee K-12 School Superintendents Spoke To A Committee Looking At Rejecting Federal Funding To The State’s Schools With One School Director Suggesting The State Continue To Accept The Federal Funds And Use Extra Funds To Help Pay For Infrastructure Needs In The Schools.
Read moreNo 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.
Read moreWith 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.
Read moreA Recently Released Report Is Giving New Insight Into The Mental Health Status Of Teens Across The State, Showing A Rise In The Number Of Deaths From Suicide Among Adolescents.
Read moreTennessee’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.
Read moreTennessee Has Collected $1.2 Billion More In Taxes And Fees Than Budgeted During The First Six Months Of The Fiscal Year. The Overages Are Then Able To Be Used By Lawmakers The Next Year.
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