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Tennessee schools may soon require less red tape to remove students with disabilities from classrooms

Camellia Burris

July 8, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

Advocates worry the removals may be overused and make behavioral assessments of these students less effective.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: disabilities, special education, students, Tennessee Board of Education

Disability rights advocates call Tennessee’s idea to reject federal education dollars ‘hugely disruptive’

Alexis Marshall

March 22, 2023

Cameron Sexton

Advocates for disabled students are growing concerned, as a Tennessee proposal to consider rejecting roughly $1.8 billion dollars in federal education funds moves through the legislature.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, disability, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, K-12, special education, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, tnleg

Sexton’s proposed task force to consider rejecting nearly $2B in federal education funds would be ‘stacked’ with politicians

Alexis Marshall

March 16, 2023

Within a couple of years, Tennessee could start turning down nearly $2 billion annually in federal education funding. Under a proposal sponsored by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a politically appointed task force would study whether that’s an option.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Cameron Sexton, Education, English Language Learners, General Assembly, K-12, legislature, special education, state budget, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Department of Education

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