Thursday Reading List: Georgia and Tennessee Receive NCLB Waivers
- A White House official says 10 states will receive waivers from No Child Left Behind, including Tennessee and Georgia. (AP)
- Georgia state House members rejected a constitutional amendment that would expand the state’s ability to open and fund charter schools. (AJC)
- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed budget is not expected to cut higher education. (Times-Picayune)
- The Mississippi Senate voted to merge three school districts. (WAPT)
- Teenage opponents to Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill as lawmakers postponed taking it up. (Nashville Public Radio)
- Alabama lawmakers are skeptical of Gov. Robert Bentley’s plan to use money from the state’s Education Trust Fund to support the General Fund. (Birmingham News)
- Louisiana State School Superintendent John White’s plan to overhaul how schools are rated sparked controversy when it was unveiled to a key advisory panel. (The Advocate)
- An Alabama state school board member said she thinks charter schools should be handled by the board, not legislatively. (Gadsden Times)
- Tennessee higher education officials said they are trying to get more state support and look more to the private sector. (Memphis Commercial-Appeal)
