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Board removes $50,000 SchoolKit early-literacy line from federal budget for review after members flag training content
Summary
Trustees voted to remove an early-literacy $50,000 line (item 142952 / 173) paying vendor SchoolKit from the federal budget amendment and requested staff review training materials after a board member raised concerns about a module linking pedagogical approaches to historical "anti-literacy" laws.
The Sumner County Board of Education on Feb. 21 amended its federal budget package after trustees raised concerns about training material provided by a state'approved vendor.
The contested item was a $50,000 early'literacy allocation to SchoolKit, a vendor listed in Tennessee's vendor pool for foundational literacy work and tutoring. Board member Mister King said he had watched a SchoolKit module…
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