Governor Bill Lee is in a lather to get the miseducative school voucher scam expanded during this “flood the zone” period of the Convicted Felon’s first 100 days. In order for Lee to get his attaboy from Trump and his broligarchy, and thus have a platform to run for the U.S. Senate when Marsha vacates her seat to run for Governor, Lee must get this voucher scam into law—by whatever means is required.
Therefore, Lee has called a special session of the legislature to take up the matter, along with immigration and disaster relief (which will be tied to the final voucher bill, no doubt, in order to get vouchers over the finish line, if it is to get there).
With the voucher scam scheduled to drain over $400,000,000 this year and over $1.1 billion from education funds over the next five years, this special session has no raises for teachers or other education workers. Instead, Lee and his fascist associates are offering a $2,000 one-time bonus to the state’s teachers if local school boards play along.
The Tennessean reports that the voucher bill that is sailing through various committees is now picking up amendments tacked on to make passage harder to resist. The latest is reported by the Tennessean this morning to require school boards to “affirm” that their system wants to participate in the voucher scam program:
For public school teachers to receive the $2,000, local school boards must "adopt a resolution affirming" that they want to participate in the Education Freedom Act. Teachers in a school system that does not pass a resolution and submit it to the state would not receive the one-time bonuses.
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