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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 4, 2020

After several reversals on the issue and pushback from parents, the state says it will make data on school outbreaks public, Nashville Public Radio reports. The Tennessee Department of Education says it will launch a new dashboard with district-submitted data on Tuesday. The site will have a map and search function of school districts and specific schools. It will be updated once a week. In announcing the move, Gov. Bill Lee said, “We believe that we have developed a reporting mechanism that will help inform parents to help them make choices but it doesn’t compromise our obligation to parents and to students and to teachers … to not compromise privacy around their individual health.”