Tennessee’s 114th General Assembly gaveled in Tuesday with another GOP supermajority and an expectation from Republican Gov. Bill Lee to pass his universal school voucher proposal early in the session.
Lee’s statewide plan is expected to dominate legislative business for a second straight year , and the governor has hinted he may call a special session late this month to focus on it, as well as to discuss emergency aid for flood-damaged parts of northeast Tennessee.
But other proposals this year could affect public school students and families, too, even as sluggish tax collections will make it harder to launch and sustain expensive new programs…