Tennessee plans 8 town halls on education funding formula

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials will hold eight town hall events as part of a new review of the state’s K-12 education funding formula.

The Department of Education says the events will take place Oct. 27 at Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville; Oct. 28 at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis; Nov. 1 at UT-Southern in Pulaski; Nov. 2 at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Nov. 3 at Niswonger Performance Arts Center in Greeneville; Nov. 4 at The Howard School in Chattanooga; Nov. 10 at Jackson County Middle School in Gainesboro; and Nov. 22 at Gibson County High School in Dyer.

The hearings will also be livestreamed online.

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