General Assembly passes new school funding formula
State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis), who chairs the House Education Administration Committee, speaks to reporters after the House passed Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding formula. White said it’s not perfect, but there’s time to tweak it before it takes effect. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
State Sen. Jack Johnson said the current formula “is outdated, it’s antiquated, it’s difficult to understand. Quite frankly, it is broken. (This) rips that old formula out by the roots and starts with a clean state.”
Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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