Tennessee Senate Joint Committee Members File Report On Federal K-12 Education Funding

Senate 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.

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Tennessee Senate Education Chair Balks At Rejecting Federal Funds

The 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.

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Tennessee School Leaders Advocate For Additional Funding, Not Replacing Federal

Three 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.

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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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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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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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