"Now, students in districts in Tennessee’s two largest cities will have the opportunity to attend schools where teachers are uncertified and where the Bible is the science textbook. As Trump said during the 2016 campaign, he loves the uneducated. In Tennessee, he will have more of them. ennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a voucher bill costing $40 million more than was originally announced. The program would start in 2021 with up to 5,000 students from Shelby County Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and the state-run Achievement School District. It would cap eventually with 15,000 students and could cost taxpayers $165 million by 2024, according to a new fiscal analysis released on Wednesday. The initial price tag was $125 million over three years."
At dianeravitch.net
