Tennessee is overhauling its school funding formula to ease inequities, putting a lawsuit on hold. The extra money comes with federal stimulus funds set to expire.
State is overhauling funding formula to ease inequities, putting lawsuit on hold; extra money comes as federal stimulus funds expire
Students at Westwood High School in Memphis, Tenn., all have school-issued laptops, but not enough outlets in classrooms to charge them.Listen to article MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Tennessee invests less in education than almost any other state. Its teacher pay starts below $40,000, and many of its urban schools are aging and in need of repairs.says he wants to change that, with the recent passage of the first overhaul to Tennessee’s school-funding formula in a generation. The new law will attach more money to students with the greatest needs in an attempt to ease inequities, and Mr.
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