East TN Conservative

TN School boards seek power to tax

Tennessee school boards will begin this year to try to get the power to levy their own taxes. Tennessee is one of e11 states that does not give funding powers to local school boards. Some school boards go through the legislature to hike local taxes for schools. Most have to depend on their local city or county council. It would take a constitutional amendment for the school boards to get the power themselves. That requires the legislature pass it with a simple majority, then pass it again with a two-thirds majority, and finally submit the proposal to the public in a statewide election. School boards argue that their hands are tied because accountability laws demand they improve education, but they have no power over funding. Naturally, they think lack of money is their problem.

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