Tennessee private schools could get $60 million in leftover pandemic relief funds

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This is the fucking republican party in a nutshell.

Tennessee is taking steps to ensure that private schools get the opportunity to receive nearly $60 million in unused federal COVID relief funds set aside for them in 2021.

But the state is considering loosening some of the strings that the federal government initially attached to those funds. In particular, under several options outlined Monday by Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn, private schools wouldn’t necessarily have to serve a “significant” share of students from low-income families to be eligible for aid, as the Biden administration had required.

Following federal rules, Tennessee recently moved leftover money from the federal emergency assistance program for nonpublic schools to a discretionary COVID education fund managed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. His office will have more flexibility to figure out a distribution plan that may or may not factor in student poverty levels.

And based on Lee’s discussions with several legislative leaders, their goal is to make sure private schools get a second crack at the funds, instead of using them for public education needs across the state.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2022/11/30/tennessee-private-schools-could-get-60-million-dollars-in-leftover-pandemic-funds/69688886007/

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1. Tennessee's Republican party sure hates public school teachers.

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2. Wish I could say I was surprised

Lee hates public education

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3. Repubs, taking care of the most well off in society while thumbing their noses at the poor.

Not getting how can the state loosen the strings of federal money. ???

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4. K& R

For exposure

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5. HOw Do THey Have Left Over

THe feds should ask for it back

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6. Bill Lee is a rethug through and through.

I have been around that guy a few times. (Not by choice.) Makes my skin crawl.