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Board members note state Education Freedom Scholarship Act; public commenters press board on vouchers and ethics
Summary
Board member provided a legislative update on the Education Freedom Scholarship Act and a June 1 deadline for a required resolution regarding teacher stipend; public forum included speakers urging the board to resist vouchers, to protect public schools, and to refer an ethics complaint regarding a board chair's appearance at the state hearing.
A board member said Feb. 3 that the state’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act passed and that the district will need to address an associated teacher stipend through a local resolution by June 1; the Tennessee School Boards Association is expected to provide a sample resolution, staff said.
At the meeting board member Mister Triplett told colleagues: “The Education Freedom, Scholarship Act, passed. 1 part, that we will have to do with that, and I'll ask mister Dukeler to kinda keep an eye on that. There is a stipend for teachers that we have to pass a resolution in some way ... at some point, it has to be done by June 1.” Triplett also noted that TSBA will circulate guidance to districts.
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