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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on March 18, 2023, 03:07:56 pm
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Tennessee lawmakers, led by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, are proposing the creation of a state task force to study how the Volunteer State can free itself from federal mandates by weaning itself off federal funding for education. The move drew praise from conservatives and whining from liberals.
The legislation, filed this week, would create an 11-member panel that would ultimately make recommendations to top state officials, including the governor, on how Tennessee’s public education system could cut ties with the increasingly radicalized federal government. The state should “do things the Tennessee way,” said Speaker Sexton.
Like other states, Tennessee receives some federal money each year, much of which comes with strings attached — including testing and increasingly, gender-bending extremism. For most states, the total federal funding amounts to about 10 percent of the state’s education costs or less. Tennessee receives almost $2 billion per year.
If approved, the bill would create a committee including six legislators, two school superintendents and two teachers. The panel would be appointed by Gov. Bill Lee and Sexton, the House Speaker. It would be chaired by Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn, who made headlines during the Covid crisis for peddling government “wellbeing checks” for all children in the state.
https://thenewamerican.com/tennessee-lawmakers-consider-ending-federal-funding-of-education/
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Stop "considering it".
DO it.
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DO IT!!
Get free.
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The task force would examine whether it is feasible for state and local authorities to quit taking money from the federal government. It would also be tasked with outlining a roadmap for getting it done. “Basically, we’ll be able to educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit,” Sexton said last month, adding that this would allow the state to eliminate “federal government interference” in its schools.
Sounds like it's a done deal, just a matter of the how.
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Sounds like it's a done deal, just a matter of the how.
Since my brother and his children reside in Tennessee, I heartily approve of this message.
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If they can get out from under the thumb of the federal govt., more power to them. School districts end up having to hire people just to handle all the meaningless and unhelpful federal requirements, when what they need is teachers - not more administrators.