TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 10, 2024

The Tennessee Senate’s joint working group studying the possibility of rejecting federal education funding has released its report, stating there were “more questions than definitive answers” on the feasibility of rejecting billions of dollars in federal education funding. An issue with the federal funding, according to House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, who in November contemplated the idea of rejecting the funding, was the concern that federal funds came with too many strings. The report concluded that there are already prohibitions on federal overreach within the large programs that provide funding for education. In addition, the report notes that Tennessee could potentially replace federal education funding with recurring state revenues, but it would do so “at the expense of other potential investments.” WKRN has the story.