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Gov. Bill Lee expects the voucher rollout, which was halted when a Nashville judge overturned the 2019 law in May, will be resurrected in 2021. The Tennessee Court of Appeals is expected to rule this fall on the state’s appeal.
Gov. Bill Lee’s media briefing is scheduled for 4 p.m. today.
Gov. Bill Lee’s press briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13.
Tennessee Department of Human Services Commissioner Danielle Barnes said 450,000 kids have been approved to receive EBT as part of pandemic food insecurity programs.
The governor and his team are addressing education at today's briefing.
Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to speak today at a 3 p.m. press briefing.
Starting with small clusters of students, a Tennessee school became one of the nation’s first to reopen its campus to students during the pandemic. Within two days, a teacher with the sniffles tested positive for COVID-19.
Collierville, Arlington and Germantown will continue contact sports for the upcoming school year as districts try to mesh sports and a pandemic.
Gov. Bill Lee Monday, Aug. 3, called a special legislative session for Aug. 10 at which legislators will focus on adopting COVID-19 liability immunity legislation designed to protect small businesses and schools from an outbreak of coronavirus lawsuits.
Gov. Bill Lee outlined the contingency plan the day after Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray said a safe reopening of in-person classes was "largely a myth" with the number of COVID-19 virus cases growing. The Memphis and Nashville school systems are the only two in the state starting the school year with online classes only.
Gov. Bill Lee's announcement allows for full-contact sports to begin practice.
Teachers in Tennessee and across the nation face hard choices. Should I return to my school building? Should I pursue a remote teaching option if my district offers one? Should I leave the profession altogether?
The Lee Administration is making $115 million in federal funds available to local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Everything about the coronavirus has become politicized, so why not a return to school? The answer is simple: The losers will be our children, and that is not an acceptable price to pay for political points.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency last week began delivering 298,000 masks to school districts for the state’s 66,000 public school teachers and other school staff.
Gov. Bill Lee is expected to tell the State Capitol Commission he believes the monument should be moved to the State Museum.
The state is doling out $81 million in grants to K-12 schools, colleges and universities to prepare for a safe reopening this August in the COVID-19 climate.
The Lee Administration is paying an accounting firm $250,000 to help it properly spend more than $7 billion in federal funds by Dec. 30, the deadline for using CARES Act money connected to COVID-19 expenses.
Campaign will provide resources to help people identify the signs of someone considering suicide and materials to build awareness.
Listen as Gov. Bill Lee presents an update for Tennessee at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 1.
On Wednesday, July 1, the TSSAA’s executive committee is scheduled to meet as it develops regular-season and postseason options to present to the board of control for their consideration.
Gov. Bill Lee signed Executive Order No. 50 Monday to extend the State of Emergency related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to Aug, 29.
Tennessee’s charter schools sector has grown to 118 since a 2002 state law opened the door to the publicly funded, independently operated schools. Most are in Memphis. And its new overseeing body, the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Commission, is extending its search for an executive director.
Gov. Bill Lee will present a coronavirus update at 3 p.m.
Gov. Bill Lee’s coronavirus press briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m.