Tennessee House speaker mulls rejecting US education money

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of Tennessee's most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton told The Associated Press that he has introduced a bill to explore the idea during this year’s legislative session and has begun discussions with Gov. Bill Lee and other key GOP lawmakers.

“Basically, we'll be able to educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit,” Sexton said, pointing that rejecting the money would mean that Tennessee would no longer have “federal government interference."

To date, no state has successfully rejected federal education funds even as state and local officials have long grumbled about some of the requirements and testing that at times come attached to the money. The idea has also come up elsewhere in recent months among GOP officials, including in Oklahoma and South Carolina.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tenn-house-speaker-mulls-rejecting-172809434.html

"We don't need none of that fancy pants learning."

[Meadowoak]

1. Well, they can reject the money, but they are still federally

Mandated to provide an education for K thru 12.

[Shipwack]

2. A crappy education is still an education...

…and I’ll bet my bottom dollar that the legislators will slide the money around so that some educations are crappier than others. You can bet they’ll make sure the “right” people get the money they need.

[Deuxcents]

3. Out of all the states, where does Tennessee rank with education .. higher or lower than Arkansas?