State calls for community input in education funding overhaul
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (middle, last February) called last week for review of the Basic Education Program, the state’s funding formula, to determine how education dollars are distributed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
As part of its plan to overhaul the state education funding model, the Tennessee Department of Education announced 18 subcommittees of education leaders and stakeholders.
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Bill Lee Basic Education Program BEP Ted Horrell Cato JOhnsonDaja 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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