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Thursday, November 4, 2021

Tennessee School Funding Falls Short

 While Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s Administration is off discussing potential changes to state’s funding formula for schools (the BEP), a joint report from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Education Law Center indicates there’s a lot of room for growth. It’s not just how the funds are allocated, it’s also about how much — turns out, Tennessee is near the bottom in the nation when it comes to things like funding level and funding effort — we’re not putting in much money and we’re not trying very hard to change that. Lee so far has not committed to any funding increase in his proposed formula change.


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