After decades, students ‘deserve a billion dollar increase,’ Gov. says
The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement bill, is an update to the state’s Basic Education Program, which Gov. Bill Lee said hadn’t been “meaningfully updated” since its introduction in 1992. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement bill would increase funding for schools without raising taxes, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn says.
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Governor Bill Lee Penny Schwinn Tennessee Department of Education BEP TISA Basic Education ProgramDaja E. Henry
Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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