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Lakeland board advances slate of legislative resolutions, asks TSBA to consider them
Summary
At a Sept. 2 Lakeland Board of Education work session, members agreed to place several proposed resolutions on next week’s consent agenda asking the legislature and TSBA to consider a task force on school regulations, expanded fee discounts, special-education preschool funding and a return to less-frequent teacher evaluations.
At a Sept. 2 work session, the Lakeland Board of Education agreed to place several proposed resolutions on next week’s consent agenda asking the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) and state lawmakers to consider changes affecting public schools.
The board directed staff to submit a resolution requesting a statewide task force to review and reduce regulatory requirements that apply to public schools. “This is essentially asking for the legislature to take some action to systematically go through the current regulations for public schools,” Dr. Horrell, Lakeland’s superintendent, told members as he introduced the item.
Board members also authorized sending a…
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