Memphis Democrats outline opposition to voucher bill

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 30, 2019 2:18 PM CT | Published: March 29, 2019 11:21 PM CT

Three Democratic state legislators from Memphis say on "Behind The Headlines" that the dollar figures in Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal aren’t enough to protect the per pupil funding to the public schools from which those children would exit.

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Antonio Parkinson Education Savings Accounts Katrina Robinson Raumesh Akbari Tennessee Legislature

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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