Over the weekend I noticed multiple misleading tweets by Knoxville Representative Gloria Johnson about a bill to make it easier for public charter schools to access vacant buildings. I wrote a few words on that and a short 🧵on why it's important. tnfirefly.com/20240220/tenne…
Supporters of the bill say it will help with facilities challenge that's essentially leaving economically disadvantaged and students of color with worse school buildings than other students. Charters serve a disproportionately high percentage of them. tnfirefly.com/20230913/misco…
The legislation does a number of things to address the problem, including requiring school districts to simply list out what vacant properties they have. A bit more on that. tnfirefly.com/20240131/schoo…
The bill faces an important vote in the Senate Education Committee today. The Tennessee Firefly will be watching and we'll have much more on what happens following the meeting. Give us a read. tnfirefly.com