NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse approved a $52.8 billion spending plan Thursday for the upcoming fiscal year that includes an eye-popping $1.95 billion tax break and refund for businesses, but little new tax relief for most Tennessee families.
Even with the budget approved in the House and Senate, lawmakers still remained largely divided on whether they’ll advance any proposal to spend vastly more public money to send students to private schools throughout the state. In a budget crafted during slowing state revenues, it sets aside $144 million for a universal school voucher bill that has not passed, in case the deadlock breaks in the final days of the annual session.
Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has made universal school vouchers his top legislative priority. However, even with a GOP supermajority, the massive change faced an uphill battle as many rural lawmakers have remained hesitant about funneling their limited public dollars away from local schools.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Shutterbug in Northeast China Records Growing Winter Sport PopularityTime Needed for Incentives to Boost Fertility: ExpertWorkers Produce Spring Festival Posters in China's ShandongYoung Workers Head to Classes After the Sun SetsChinese Tourists Flock to Savor Trendy Immersive ExperiencesWomen's Federations, College Students Care for Rural Children in AnhuiDaughter Travels 1,600 Km to Pick up Mother for ReunionYoung Lodgers Bring Joy to Elderly Nursing Home Residents' LivesPeople Bustle on the First Day of 2024 in Relocation Sites of NW China's Gansu, QinghaiHighlights of Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games
2.8663s , 5260.6796875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Tennessee lawmakers approve $52.8B spending plan as hopes of school voucher agreement flounder ,World Wave news portal