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Appropriations bill clears House after debate; includes disaster relief and funding tied to scholarship program
Summary
The House approved the session’s appropriations measure (Senate Bill 5) that funds disaster relief, teacher payments and the expenditures connected to the scholarship program debated during the special session. Members debated whether disaster relief and unrelated funding should be joined with the scholarship package.
The Tennessee House approved Senate Bill 5, the special‑session appropriations measure that funds disaster relief and implements several of the session’s bills, including allocations tied to the Education Freedom Act and teacher payments. Representative Hicks of Hawkins moved passage; the bill passed on the floor with a recorded vote of 81 in favor and 14 opposed.
What the bill covers: Sponsors described the measure as funding the bills under consideration in the special session: appropriations to support the scholarship program, disaster relief for communities affected by recent flooding…
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