Governor’s budget plan calls for cutting voucher spending in half
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (in an April file photo) has proposed a state budget for 2021. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Gov. Bill Lee’s plan eliminates $58 million proposed for teacher pay increases and includes $50 million for an employee buyout program.
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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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