Cameron Sexton said rejecting nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars would let officials to 'educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit.'
Cameron Sexton said rejecting nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars would let officials to"educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit."Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities.
Many Republican politicians and candidates at the federal level have also made a habit of calling for the outright elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. “We as a state can lead the nation once again in telling the federal government that they can keep their money and we’ll just do things the Tennessee way,” Sexton said at the event. “And that should start, first and foremost, with the Department of Education.”
“McNally thinks a discussion about forgoing this money, a relatively small part of overall education funding, in order to maintain more control over how we educate our Tennessee students is a constructive conversation to have,” spokesperson Adam Kleinheider said. In Republican-dominant Tennessee, GOP lawmakers have increasingly become more skeptical and combative over what is taught inside public classrooms — particularly over race and gender issues — and the policies surrounding what services schools offer to students.To push back against these attacks, advocates have generally leveraged various federal funds the state receives as grounds to block or challenge various school-related bans.
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