SB2792 - Tennessee: Education, Local Education Agency, Local Government, General

Companion Bill HB3739. Local Education Agency - Prohibits LEAs from submitting budget to local governing body that uses state funds to lower county school property tax rate, limit growth, or otherwise lower appropriations from the operations budget. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB2792 / HB3739MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB2792 / HB3739 Under present law, it is the duty of every local school board to require the director of schools and chair of the local board to prepare a budget and, when the budget has been approved by the local board, to submit it to the appropriate local legislative body. Present law prohibits an LEA from submitting a budget to the local legislative body that directly or indirectly supplants or proposes to use state funds to supplant any local current operation funds, excluding capital [...]

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