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Tennessee lawmakers adjourn
The Tennessee General Assembly adjourned on Thursday But the 108th Tennessee General Assembly rejected a key educational proposal to create a program that gives parents the option to move a child from a failing public school to a private school using state funds, and eliminated planned raises for teachers and state employees, which ended up being one of the most contentious issues toward the end of the session. Gov. Bill Haslam had planned to give a 1 percent pay increase to state employees and 2 percent to teachers, but later said he wouldn't be able to because of poor revenue collections.The session ended with no pay increase A school voucher legislation was withdrawn from the House Finance Committee because there weren't enough votes. The governor also received pushback on the implementation of the state's Common Core standards and their testing component, developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. The tests were scheduled to begin statewide in the school year that begins in August, but lawmakers voted to delay their implementation for a year. Haslam is against any type of delay saying the standards are needed to better prepare students for the future. They're intended to provide students with the critical thinking, problem solving and writing skills needed for college and the workforce. The governor did get a victory with passage of his signature proposal to create a program that would cover tuition at two-year colleges for any high school graduate. Other legislation that passed includes the state's $32.4 billion spending plan.
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