Tennessee could withhold millions from schools found to violate guidelines on teaching CRT

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David Roberts
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How quickly we went from "cancel culture" to conservatives using the power of the state to punish schools that teach ideas they don't approve of. I wonder if anyone could have predicted this.

Tennessee could withhold millions from schools found to violate guidelines on teaching critical...
The average expenditure for a K-12 student in Tennessee public school was roughly $10,000 for the 2018—2019 academic year, so a penalty of $1 million could translate to a year’s education spending on...
washingtonpost.com
1:30 PM · Aug 5, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/05/tennessee-critical-race-theory/

Tennessee has laid out plans to withhold millions of dollars in state funding from schools found to violate a recently passed state law that regulates the teaching of critical race theory, an academic framework examining how policies and laws may perpetuate systemic racism.

The potential penalties were listed in guidance recently released by state education officials, which are open for public comment through Aug. 11. If the rules are imposed as stated, the state education department could withhold the lesser of $1 million or 2 percent of state funds allocated to schools deemed to have knowingly violated the state law, while failing to take “corrective action.”

Repeat offenders could forfeit $5 million, or forgo 10 percent of annual state funds, whichever is less. Authorities may also revoke, suspend or deny the licenses of individual teachers.

The average expenditure for a K-12 student in Tennessee public schools was roughly $10,000 for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the state comptroller’s office, so a penalty of $1 million could translate to a year’s worth of education spending on 100 students.

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