Gubernatorial candidates holding out on laptops for all students

By Sam Stockard, Daily Memphian Updated: October 29, 2018 11:27 PM CT | Published: October 26, 2018 12:05 PM CT

Tennessee’s gubernatorial candidates won’t commit to Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to buy laptops for Tennessee students - at an unspecified cost - in an effort to prepare them for the end-of-year test called TNReady.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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Gubernatorial candidates holding out on laptops for all students

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