So grateful for your excellent & persistent reporting on the TISA voucher program & the negative effects it would have.
Here in Hamilton Co, I’m getting the word out to my network & contacted my State Senator Bo Watson (co-sponsor of SB 0012 , which would expand TISA to Hamilton Co.)
He called me in response to my email; he told me the voucher gives parents a choice to leave their failing public schools. I told him I objected to our TN reps listening to the paid lobbyists for the for-profit school businesses; doing more to support their interests, rather than constituents.
He denied that taking $$ from county & school budgets would hurt county & school budgets.
I emailed my Co Commissioner David Sharpe & he said that TISA would indeed be harmful to the co budget & contribute to the TN GOP’s focus on dismantling public schools.
HCDE offers lots of open enrollment choices—will continue to get this & other info out via Ham Co Democratic Party media and will urge people to call out their reps on their misdirection & obfuscation & support for poorly-run for-profit schools.
Thank you for continuing to tell the public how bad this voucher program is.
So grateful for your excellent & persistent reporting on the TISA voucher program & the negative effects it would have.
Here in Hamilton Co, I’m getting the word out to my network & contacted my State Senator Bo Watson (co-sponsor of SB 0012 , which would expand TISA to Hamilton Co.)
He called me in response to my email; he told me the voucher gives parents a choice to leave their failing public schools. I told him I objected to our TN reps listening to the paid lobbyists for the for-profit school businesses; doing more to support their interests, rather than constituents.
He denied that taking $$ from county & school budgets would hurt county & school budgets.
I emailed my Co Commissioner David Sharpe & he said that TISA would indeed be harmful to the co budget & contribute to the TN GOP’s focus on dismantling public schools.
HCDE offers lots of open enrollment choices—will continue to get this & other info out via Ham Co Democratic Party media and will urge people to call out their reps on their misdirection & obfuscation & support for poorly-run for-profit schools.
Thank you for continuing to tell the public how bad this voucher program is.
Thanks, Therese! And thank you for your tireless advocacy!