Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

Joint Working Group on Federal Education Funding

Last week, the Tennessee State Senate and speakers announced the creation of a new Joint Working Group on Federal Education Funding and I was appointed to serve on it. The working group will study the impact federal education funding has in and out of the classroom. That includes the restrictions, mandates, and additional regulations required by the Federal Department of Education, and whether the state can provide similar services without taking federal dollars.

Federal dollars always come with strings attached that could be antithetical to...