Education initiatives in $40B budget highlight State of the State
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, center, arrives in the House Chamber to deliver his State of the State Address, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Nashville. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Gov. Bill Lee, in his second State of the State address, introduced a $40.8 billion budget plan using $408 million in surplus funds to boost K-12 education and set up a children’s behavioral health safety net.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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