The Ayers Foundation announced that Lewis County has been selected to participate in the nationally-acclaimed The Ayers Foundation College Access and Completion Program.

Leveraging new, recurring state funding through the Governor’s Rural Education Foundation, The Ayers Foundation is expanding its college readiness and access model into seven additional distressed and at-risk rural Tennessee counties in the upcoming school year, following a competitive RFP process.

“Supporting rural Tennessee has always been our passion,” said Janet Ayers, president of The Ayers Foundation. “We are...